The hot country
Christopher Marlowe ("Kit") Cobb, an early 20th-century American war correspondent reporting on Mexico's civil war, witnesses the attempted assassination of a priest and the arrival of strange ships bearing German officials.
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- ISBN: 1611749573
- ISBN: 9781611749571
- Physical Description 9 audio discs (10.75 hr.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher [Minneapolis] : HighBridge, [2012]
- Copyright ℗2012
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General Note: | Compact discs. Unabridged. "A Christopher Marlowe Cobb thriller"--Container. GMD: compact disc. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Ray Chase. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 39.95 |
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The Hot Country : A Christopher Marlowe Cobb Thriller
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The Hot Country : A Christopher Marlowe Cobb Thriller
Christopher Marlowe Cobb (Kit), the swashbuckling early 20th-century American newspaper war correspondent, travels to Mexico in April and May of 1914, during that countrys civil war and the American invasion of Vera Cruz. But covering the war in enemy territory and in sweltering heat isnt enough of a challenge for Cobb. Soon, hes falling in love with a young Mexican laundress, Luisa, who may not be as innocent as she seems, and hes witnessing the inexplicable attempted sniper assassination of a priest (miraculously, the bullet rebounds off the cross around his neck, leaving him unharmed). Now Cobb is also trying to track down a sniperand figure out why important German officials are coming into the city in the middle of the night from ammunition ships docked in the port. An exciting tale of intrigue and espionage, Butlers powerful crime-fiction debut is a thriller not to be missed.