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Bear Island

By: Alistair MacLean
Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
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About this listen

Reissue of the classic tale of adventure and death on a mysterious Arctic island, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

A converted fishing trawler, Morning Rose carries a movie-making crew across the Barents Sea to isolated Bear Island, well above the Arctic Circle, for some on-location filming, but the script is a secret known only to the producer and screenwriter.

En route, members of the movie crew and ship's company begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The crew's doctor, Marlowe, finds himself enmeshed in a violent multi-layered plot in which very few of the persons aboard are whom they claim to be.

Marlowe's efforts to unravel the plot become even more complicated once the movie crew is deposited ashore on Bear Island, beyond the reach of the law or outside help. The murders continue ashore, and Marlowe, who is not what he seems to be either, discovers they may be related to some forgotten events of the Second World War.

©1971 Alistair MacLean (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Historical Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Sea Adventures Thriller & Suspense Fiction Adventure Suspense Polar Region

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Critic reviews

'Edge-of-the-seat stuff…MacLean is back in the location he writes about best' The Times

'Alistair MacLean is brilliant at building up the tension' Sunday Mirror

'A magnificent storyteller' Sunday Mirror

‘The most successful British novelist of his time’ Jack Higgins
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A excellent story, very different from the movie in a lot af respects. Worth listening to for that alone.

Very good

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He tells a good yarn. I couldn't stop listening. Such a wonderful story teller.

The humour

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I can’t help feeling that I suffered as much as the story characters. Overall it is fascinating.

Rate it greater than 3 stars but not 4

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