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'Edge-of-the-seat stuff…MacLean is back in the location he writes about best' The Times
'Alistair MacLean is brilliant at building up the tension' Sunday Mirror
'A magnificent storyteller' Sunday Mirror
‘The most successful British novelist of his time’ Jack Higgins
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Reissue of the classic tale of adventure and death on a mysterious Arctic island, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.
A converted fishing trawler, Morning Rose carries a movie-making crew across the Barents Sea to isolated Bear Island, well above the Arctic Circle, for some on-location filming, but the script is a secret known only to the producer and screenwriter.
En route, members of the movie crew and ship's company begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The crew's doctor, Marlowe, finds himself enmeshed in a violent, multi-layered plot in which very few of the persons aboard are whom they claim to be.
Marlowe's efforts to unravel the plot become even more complicated once the movie crew is deposited ashore on Bear Island, beyond the reach of the law or outside help. The murders continue ashore, and Marlowe, who is not what he seems to be either, discovers they may be related to some forgotten events of the Second World War.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the book that started me reading. I borrowed it from a friend when I was about 14. I didn't want to give the impression that I didn't read books so I took it from him and planned to give it back on the next Monday - but with some pages surrepticiously folded back and the spine bent. Hah! sneaky huh? I also wanted to be able to say something about it so I read the first page. It was fairly ok so I managed the second. Then just kept going. Then a major event took place - when the main character realised the murderer might be after him - I was hooked. More than hooked, it was an epiphany. I could not put the book down. And it changed my life, literally. I gained confidence and the dry sarcastic humour so endearingly painted of the hero in the novel. And became a huge Maclean fan. Now it's not the best novel ever written - but I will forever regard it as very special. Thanks Mr Maclean.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
"Bear Island" is a mystery novel set on a boat heding for the remote Bear Island (Bjørnøya) in the Barents Sea. The ship is carrying a film crew and actors who plan to make a movie on the island. The novel is narrated in first person by the ship's doctor. A number of people die from apparent food poisoning, but Dr. Marlow suspects murder.
The story tends to drag a bit before they get to the island, but not too much. Once they get to the island, MacLean throws in a nice plot twist and the pace picks up. This, and the humorous narrative helps it earn 4 stars. I also like MacLean's description of Bear Island. Even though I hate when it's cold, it almost made me want to go there.
The story tends to drag a bit before they get to the island, but not too much. Once they get to the island, MacLean throws in a nice plot twist and the pace picks up. This, and the humorous narrative helps it earn 4 stars. I also like MacLean's description of Bear Island. Even though I hate when it's cold, it almost made me want to go there.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I first read 'Bear Island' when a teenager, as back then I would read anything that Alistair MacLean wrote. At the time I thought it was one of his weakest books. But now 25 years on Bear Island is a super adventure story, full of exciting action. The novel is much better than the film!
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BEAR ISLAND
A VERY GOOD READ FROM A VERY AUTHOR. THIS THRILLER REALLY IS A THRILLER.
THE PLOT IS SLOW TO START BUT WHEN IT GETS GOING IT KEEPS YOU WANTING TO KEEP ON
READING TO THE... Read more
THE PLOT IS SLOW TO START BUT WHEN IT GETS GOING IT KEEPS YOU WANTING TO KEEP ON
READING TO THE... Read more
Published 1 month ago by JoHo
A favorite
Bear Island is an entertaining mystery/adventure. Right from the start, the suspense bubbles beneath the action. Characters great. Setting vivid. Island remote. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Roger Weston
Bear Island, enjoyable but a bit slow
I enjoy the Maclean books and the plot to this book is good. The setting of Bear Island high in the Arctic is quite irresistable. Read more
Published 10 months ago by N. Smith
Too dated for my taste...
Only the second book I've read by the Author, the other being [The way to dusty death], which I really enjoyed. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Bridgey
More for Agatha Christie fans
A bit dated and reads more like an Agatha Christie murder mystery rather than an action adventure story. Not bad but perhaps read other classics by the same author first ... Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2009 by Omega Man
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