A Game for Eagles

by Oakley Hall

Why would a man married to a beautiful heiress want to die? Murdoch didn't. Up front it seemed like just another routine corporation deal for his father-in-law, but as soon as Murdoch got to Mexico he saw this it's not always what's up front that counts.

250 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1970

About the author

Oakley Hall also wrote under the nom de plume of O.M. Hall and Jason Manor.

Oakley Maxwell Hall was an American novelist. He was born in San Diego, California, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and served in the Marines during World War II. Some of his mysteries were published under the pen names "O.M. Hall" and "Jason Manor." Hall received his Master of Fine Arts in English from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.

Reviews

[Mike Bascom · Rating 4 out of 5]

lnteresting. A spy novel during the Vietnam era. a critic of US foreign policy in Central america. the hero is a businessman who is asked to spy for the US. he faces moral conflicts.

contains opinions of women typical of the 1960s. with the amount of drinking this guy does it is hard to believe he is upright during his escapades.

[Daniel Polansky]

A California stringer of dubious morality gets involved in a coup attempt against a small Caribbean nation on behalf of the sugar company he works for. Excellent 70's paranoid thriller, shades of Ambler. A fun digression, I'll pick up more by Hall soon.

[Bob Box · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read in 1975. Espionage but doesn't register.

[Jeff Bradbury · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read. Probably 3.5 stars. Quick entertaining read with some deeper themes of free will.
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