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The Old Trade of Killing

by Max Hennessy Book 1 in the Shadows of War Collection series.

First published 1966

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Twenty years after the Second World War, five former soldiers return to the Sahara to recover bullion buried during the Western Desert campaign. The men once depended on one another in battle, but time has replaced comradeship with suspicion and greed. As the expedition crosses the old battlefield, the search for treasure becomes a struggle over betrayal, memory and murder.

The expedition returns veterans to the physical landscape of the North African campaign, where wartime violence has been converted into a private search for wealth. Its post-war setting examines the persistence of military habits and resentments long after formal demobilisation.

Historical Periods

North African Campaign1940–1943 CE Cold War and Post-war Era1945–present

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Crime & Mystery Historical Thriller War Fiction

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