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For twenty-six year old Radiologist Peter Ross the trip to Spain in mid July 1967 is supposed to be a relaxing vacation. While attending the annual meeting of the American Society of Radiologists in Barcelona where he is slated to present a talk, he also plans on spending time in Costa Brava before and afterwards. Rumor has it that the place is full of English and Swedish girls this time of year and all are "…deeply passionate, fabulously attractive, and incredibly sexy." (Page 14)
However, his
fabulous vacation begins to go odd shortly after his arrival. First, there was
the distinguished gentleman looking for him in the hotel who ascertained he was
there and yet strangely made no contact. Then, while on the beach at Tossa del
Mar where he met a very attractive young woman from England by the name of
Angela Locke, another man highly agitated runs up to Dr. Ross. He begs Dr. Ross
to talk in private and once able to do so insists that he must not do the
autopsy and that he must leave Spain immediately.
What autopsy?
Dr. Peter Ross
isn't qualified to do one and has no idea what the man is talking about. Beyond
that, he has no plans to go anywhere. The man quickly becomes angry and throws
the final parting comment, "If you do the autopsy, we will kill you. Do you
understand? Kill you." (Page 23)
And so his
nightmare begins. Powerful conflicting interests are at work that see Dr. Peter
Ross as a sacrificial scapegoat for their aims and objectives. He isn't
thrilled with his death being the only option proposed by so many and begins to
try and extricate himself.
As in most cases
with HHC, this is another fast fun pulp fiction style read where occasional
violence is the norm and implied threats of violence are constant. Once again
the hero, in this case Dr. Peter Ross, is dashing to and fro when he isn't
being plucked off the street or accosted in a hotel room by various competing
forces. The women are beautiful and in
all likelihood trouble, the locations exotic, and the violence and threats of
violence are always little more than a sentence away. Simply put this is
another highly entertaining read from the author and publisher.
Kevin R. Tipple
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