Synopsis:
Paul Sherman of Interpol's Narcotics Bureau flies to Amsterdam on the trail of a dope king.
With enormous skill the atmosphere is built up: Amsterdam with its canals and high houses; stolid police; psychopaths; women in distress and above all – murder.
Puppet on a Chain is a novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean. Originally published in 1969 with a cover by Norman Weaver, it is set in the late 1960s narcotics underworld of Amsterdam and other locations in the Netherlands.
from Wikipedia
Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring. He finds a city rife with drugs and a police force unable or unwilling to do much about it. With his incognito female fellow agent the American is soon stirring things up.
98mDirector: Geoffrey ReeveWriter: Alistair MacLean (screenplay), Paul Wheeler (additional material), Don Sharp (additional material)Actors: Sven-Bertil Taube, Barbara Parkins, Alexander Knox, Patrick AllenLanguage: EnglishGenre: Action, ThrillerFormat: movie
Date | Title | Source | Author | Other books | Paywall |
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2014-08-07 | Puppet on a Chain by Alistair MacLean (1969) | Books & Books | Simon |