Publisher: Fontana, Genre: Action/Adventure
Year published: tba
Status: Read, Year read: 2024
Main character: Peter Halloran
Summary: A boat builder hears a story of buried treasure and sets out to recover it.
Detail: Having done well as a boat designer and builder, Peter is well placed to finance a challenging trip to recover the gold and possibly the jewels an old soldier tells him about. He masterminds an elaborate plot but needs the help of people he cannot rely on fully or trust and has to deal with smugglers on their way who would love to exploit his efforts.
The best bits: A brilliant ending.
The worst: