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- Hachette Australia
- Hachette Australia
A Lachlan Fox Thriller, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Thriller / suspense, Espionage & spy thriller, Political / legal thriller, Adventure
A roller-coaster action thriller.
BLOOD OIL sees the return of Ex-Navy operative Lachlan Fox. Now working as an investigative journalist, Lachlan Fox has been visiting some of the world s trouble spots. But a trip to Africa brings him face to face with a horror that could change him forever. Set in Nigeria, Venezuela, the US and UK this book revolves around terrorism, oil supply and poverty, drawing upon world news and current affairs, making it a truly contemporary read, in keeping with Phelan's trademark thrillers. From New York to Nigeria, London to Libya, Fox and his best mate Alistair Gammaldi race to unravel a sinister plan before each step is put into action. Lachlan Fox is going to prove, again, that there is a hero in all of us.
Praise for Blood Oil: A Lachlan Fox Thriller Book 3
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...the author seamlessly integrates factual background without interrupting the narrative flow, and injects a serious moral component usually missing in most thrillers. The genre is in safe hands - Phelan proves again that intelligent thriller is not necessarily an oxymoron. - Sydney Morning Herald
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James Phelan
James Phelan is the bestselling and award-winning author of twenty-nine novels and one work of non-fiction. From his teens he wanted to be a novelist but first tried his hand at a real job, studying and working in architecture before turning to English literature, spending five years at a newspaper and obtaining an MA and PhD in literature. For Hachette Australia, James has written five titles in the Lachlan Fox thriller series, and the Alone trilogy of young adult post-apocalyptic novels. The ex-CIA character of Jed Walker was first introduced in THE SPY, which was followed by THE HUNTED, KILL SWITCH, DARK HEART and THE AGENCY. James has also written a fourteen-book adventure series for Scholastic, titled The Last Thirteen. He has been a full-time novelist since the age of twenty-five, and spends his time writing thrilling stories and travelling the world to talk about them.
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