- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Hutchinson; New edition edition (21 Nov 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091794811
- ISBN-13: 978-0091794811
- Product Dimensions: 24 x 16.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,151,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The latest bestselling Bolitho novel from the master of the seas.
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With his own boat, the motor yacht Sea Fox, former naval officer Philip Vivian had hoped to earn a living free from the petty restrictions of everyday life, close to the sea he loved.Now, however, his dream is threatened by financial difficulties. So when a profitable, if legally dubious, proposition is put to him by an old naval comrade in arms, Vivian is willing to listen.But what starts out as a harmless adventure soon turns into something altogether more sinister. And Vivian finds himself trapped in a treacherous web of violence and crime, dangerously torn between his stubborn sense of past loyalties and his duty to a society he has always despised. (20020528)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I like Douglas Reeman, but some of his stories descend into second-rate melodrama - this is one of them. The hero of High Water is particularly annoying, he has such poor judgment and makes so many obvious mistakes you start to think that he might have learning difficulties: at one point he gets locked in a room for half a day, gets beaten up and tied up and only remembers the 11 inch knife he stuck in his sock when he squats down and accidentally stabs himself in the leg. How could ANYONE forget a huge knife stuck in their sock? Despite this, and other silly plot developments, the story grabs you, and once you start reading you want to finish.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Philip Vivian is a 34 year old nearly bankrupt seaman. The brokers are menacing to take his yacht, the Sea Fox, from him if he can't come up with the sum of £ 700. At the R.N.V.R. club in London, Vivian meets an old acquaintance, Felix Lang, manager of the London branch of the Europa Travel Agency and Lang proposes to hire him for a "special" trip to France for a customer called Cooper. In exchange, Lang is ready to pay Vivian the £ 700 necessary for him to keep the Sea Fox.
Vivian agrees and what appears to be a harmless adventure soon becomes a life-threatening situation for him as he is trapped in an intricate web of violence and crime.
Vivian agrees and what appears to be a harmless adventure soon becomes a life-threatening situation for him as he is trapped in an intricate web of violence and crime.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A good naval thriller
12 April 2006
Format:Hardcover
Philip Vivian is a 34 year old nearly bankrupt seaman. The brokers are menacing to take his yacht, the Sea Fox, from him if he can't come up with the sum of ? 700. At the R.N.V.R. club in London, Vivian meets an old acquaintance, Felix Lang, manager of the London branch of the Europa Travel Agency and Lang proposes to hire him for a "special" trip to France for a customer called Cooper. In exchange, Lang is ready to pay Vivian the ? 700 necessary for him to keep the Sea Fox.
Vivian agrees and what appears to be a harmless adventure soon becomes a life-threatening situation for him as he is trapped in an intricate web of violence and crime.
Vivian agrees and what appears to be a harmless adventure soon becomes a life-threatening situation for him as he is trapped in an intricate web of violence and crime.
good story
4 Jan 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Tame story now, but I enjoyed the English dialog. I would recomend to anyone who enjoys books about small boats, and WWII.
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