Campbell Armstrong Livres

The adventure that started it all! Relive the adventure, the romance, and the action in this thrilling novelization of the major motion picture.Indiana Jones, archaeology professor and swashbuckling adventurer, has unearthed many ancient treasures. But now the very future of the world depends on his finding one special the Ark of the Covenant, the ornate chest that holds the Ten Commandments.With his trusty bullwhip in hand and his beautiful former lover at his side, Jones journeys from Nepal to Cairo to the Mediterranean, dodging poisons, traps, and snakes, outwitting Nazis, and battling rivals old and new—all in pursuit of an ancient artifact rumored to give invincible power to its possessor. It’s a battle to the startling finish—a finish dictated by the magic, the light, and the glorious power of the lost Ark.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A SINGLE VOLUME—THREE THRILLING NOVELS INSPIRED BY THE BLOCKBUSTER FILMSThis volume includes the following Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost ArkIndiana Jones and the Temple of DoomIndiana Jones and the Last CrusadeWith bullwhip in hand, Indiana Jones has unearthed a wealth of ancient treasures. In Raiders of the Lost Ark, the fearless archeologist journeys from Nepal to Cairo to the Mediterranean, dodging poisons, traps, and snakes, battling rivals old and new–all in pursuit of an ancient artifact that holds the key to dazzling, invincible power. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom finds our intrepid hero in a remote village in India, where a mysterious old shaman tells him that his arrival has been foreseen–and that he must retrieve a stolen mystical stone. And finally, Indy must face the most challenging and personal endeavor of his rescue his estranged father, the eminent professor Dr. Henry Jones, from a Nazi’s lair, and recover the legendary Holy Grail. Yet Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade doesn’t mean the adventure is over. . . .

Fleeing a drug-related arrest, former sixties hippie Harry Tennant returns to San Francisco where he teams up with Alison Seagrove, an investigative reporter, as they try to solve a mystery based on a famous photograph. Reprint.

A psychiatrist's patient is brutally murdered by a mysterious blonde woman with an obviously troubled sexual history. A call girl witnesses it and is now on the murderer's list to kill.

From Northern Ireland to Europe to the U.S., the name Jig means terror. Jig is the most masterful, most elusive assassin in the world. Now, Jig is on his way to New York, to recover $10 million stolen from the IRA. And on his trail is a renegade British agent obsessed with catching him.

Scotland Yard sends Frank Pagan to Edinburgh, Scotland, to investigate the murder of a Russian. With the help of a beautiful Estonian with a score of her own to settle, Pagan stumbles onto a terrifying international plot. Suddenly Frank Pagan finds himself trapped in a web of intrigue and running for his life from an unknown assassin. (Harper-Fiction)

Campbell Armstrong, der sich als Autor hochkarätiger Kriminalromane einen Namen gemacht hat, traf Anfang der 60er Jahre in Glasgow Eileen und verliebte sich in sie. Bevor die beiden allerdings heirateten, machte sie ihm ein Geständnis. Mit 17 hatte sie ein Kind bekommen, das sie sofort nach der Geburt zur Adoption freigab. Jahre später machen sie sich auf die Suche

Enth. noch Indiana Jones und der Tempel des Todes/James Kahn ( T. 2 der Archäologen-Saga Indiana Jones). - Atemberaubende Verfolgungsfahrten und exotische Schauplätze kennzeichnen diese aktionsreichen Abenteuerromane zu den erfolgreichen Indiana-Jones-Filmen von Lucas/Spielberg.

In a moment of panic, a detective covers up his involvement in a fatal car crash by burying the body of his female passenger, a prostitute who doesn't survive the accident. When the body is later discovered he finds himself caught up in a web of deceit as he himself is assigned to the murder.