Alistair Maclean's Dead Halt

UNACO

by Alastair MacNeill

Investigating the events that led to a private schooner crash--and the subsequent discovery that the schooner was transporting assault weapons--UNACO agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver begin a round-the-world chase. Original.

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Espionage

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Alastair MacNeill was born in Greenock, Scotland in 1960. His family emigrated to South Africa when he was six, settling in the coastal city of East London.

He returned to the United Kingdom in 1985 hoping to pursue a career as a writer. He submitted a manuscript to HarperCollins Publishers and, on the strength of it, was offered the chance to write a novel based on an outline by the late Alistair MacLean. He eventually wrote seven novels based on MacLean synopses and has also written five novels under his own name.

He lives in Sheffield.

Reviews

[Jeff Dickison · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not a particularly good book. It is a "paint-by-numbers" thriller that is just too obviously a formula story. I would give it 2.5 stars if I could. UN agents are outwitted at every turn by an IRA team of bad guys, but in the end they eventually set things right. There are too many plot lines going at one time, and in the end there is a poorly done surprise that really detracts from the story. Read at your own risk.

[Harry · Rating 3 out of 5]

You know what kind of book this is when one of the bad guys is named "Jess Killen."

[Brent Winslow · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the better Alastair Maclean UNACO novels. A corrupt US Senator with his sites set on the American Presidency, rogue IRA agents determined to assassinate the Senator, and deals with Colombian drug families and the American Mafia make for an intriguing story.

[KEVIN · Rating 1 out of 5]

A pale shadow of the early Alistair Mclean books. You'd be better off re- reading the real thing.

[Frans Kempe · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice actionfilled thriller with a lot of twists. We follow the agents of UNACO trying to stop IRA from killing a senator. Enjoyed the story.

[Lesley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alistair MacLean's Dead Halt (UNACO)

based on the outline of a novel by the late bestselling author Alistair MacLean, this thriller pits two UNACO agents against a global conspiracy. Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver will race from the U.S. to England, Switzerland, and Ireland to diffuse a deadly plan being played out by three unlikely collaborators--a group of arms traders, a drug cartel and the mafia. First U.S. publication.