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A Close Run Thing

by David Donachie Book 15 in the John Pearce series.

First published 2018

4.2(406)

In 1796, Pearce and the enigmatic Samuel Oliphant are trapped in French-held Gravelines. A crew agrees to carry them to England, but the route is controlled by the Tolland brothers, smugglers whose earlier losses have made Pearce a personal enemy.

Escape requires him to navigate both the Channel and a criminal network familiar with every landing place. The journey becomes a pursuit in which old offences matter more than the wider war and any apparent refuge may be another trap.

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