The Skeleton Coast Contract
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A dangerous hunt for African diamonds propels this thriller to a "rousing" finish (Don D'Ammassa, Hugo Award nominee). In this international adventure by the Edgar Award–nominated author, freelance operative Joe Gall is on the hunt for a valuable cache of diamonds. But along the way he must break a man out of jail, cross a barren African desert, and fight his way through multiple double crosses . . . "[Philip Atlee is] the John D. MacDonald of espionage fiction." —Larry McMurtry, The New York Times "I admire Philip Atlee's writing tremendously." —Raymond Chandler
Philip Atlee
Philip Atlee (1915–1991) was the creator of the long-running Joe Gall Mysteries, which is comprised of twenty-two novels published in the 1960s and 70s. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Atlee wrote several novels and screenplays—including Thunder Road starring Robert Mitchum, and Big Jim McLain starring John Wayne—before producing the series for which he is known. An avid flyer, he was a member of the Flying Tigers before World War II and joined the Marines after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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