John Trenhaile Livres

As the handover of Hong Kong to Communist China grows ever closer, the bitter struggle for power in the Far East has already begun. Outside forces are determined to undermine Hong Kong's financial stability - and to ensure that China inherits nothing but a worthless, empty shell. Pitted against them are the elite of Chinese Intelligence, the Mahjong Brigade, who plan to sabotage the plot, using as their instrument Simon Young - an influential Hong Kong tai-pan. A master in the mannered warfare of global finance, Young is a novice in the hostile world of international espionage. If he is to survive at all he must secure his own allies in this deadly game. But even his beautiful Chinese wife, Jinny, has secrets to conceal...

When a file containing sensitive top-secret foreign-policy information disappears, the world's most powerful nations scramble to retrieve it before its contents can destroy the delicate balance of world power. Reprint.

In this thriller, Francis Thornton, ex-barrister and successful businessman, has been accused of attempting to murder the Queen. The shadowing figure of Krait, an international terrorist and assassin, holds the key to the mystery of Thornton's plight.

In autumn 1990, the world's attention is on the approaching Gulf War. But in England an event is about to take place that could have a devastating effect on the fragile Western alliance - Iain Forward, wrongly imprisoned for murdering his boss, is being released and he's out to clear his name.

Hongkong, die Perle des Ostens, kurz vor dem Rückfall an China: Um ihre Vermögen dem Zugriff Chinas zu entziehen, planen zwanzig der mächtigsten Wirtschaftsführer der Kronkolonie in einem raffinierten Schachzug, gleichzeitig alle ihre Guthaben und Forderungen ins Ausland zu verlagern. Die Zeit drängt, denn im selben Augenblick spitzt sich die Lage imn Reich der Mitte dramatisch zu: Der Vorsitzende der kommunistischen Partei liegt im Sterben, und Studentenunruhen und brutale Machtkämpfe um die Führung Chinas erschüttern das Land. In fieberhafter Eile versuchen die Tai-Pane ihr Komplott voranzutreiben. Da beginnen sich mit einem Mal die Ereignisse zu überstürzen. Die Verschwörung der Tai-Pane Ein Politthriller ersten Ranges von Fernost-Kenner John Trenhaile: authentisch, actiongeladen und temporeich. Das atemberaubende und fast prophetische Szenario eines ausgeklügelten Komplotts vor dem Hintergrund politischer Wirren in China und der drohenden Rückgabe Hongkongs an das Reich der Mitte.