Alistair MacLean's "Dead Halt"

UNACO

by alastair-macneill

Based on the outline of a novel by the late bestselling author Alistair MacLean, this thriller pits two UNACO agents against a global conspiracy. Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver will race from the U.S. to England, Switzerland, and Ireland to diffuse a deadly plan being played out by three unlikely collaborators--a group of arms traders, a drug cartel and the mafia.

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Espionage

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Jeff Dickison]

This is not a particularly good book. It is a "paint-by-numbers" thriller that is just too obviously a formula story. I would give it 2.5 stars if I could. UN agents are outwitted at every turn by an IRA team of bad guys, but in the end they eventually set things right. There are too many plot lines going at one time, and in the end there is a poorly done surprise that really detracts from the story. Read at your own risk.

[Harry]

You know what kind of book this is when one of the bad guys is named "Jess Killen."

[Brent Winslow]

One of the better Alastair Maclean UNACO novels. A corrupt US Senator with his sites set on the American Presidency, rogue IRA agents determined to assassinate the Senator, and deals with Colombian drug families and the American Mafia make for an intriguing story.

[KEVIN]

A pale shadow of the early Alistair Mclean books. You'd be better off re- reading the real thing.

[Frans Kempe]

A nice actionfilled thriller with a lot of twists. We follow the agents of UNACO trying to stop IRA from killing a senator. Enjoyed the story.

[Lesley]

Alistair MacLean's Dead Halt (UNACO)

based on the outline of a novel by the late bestselling author Alistair MacLean, this thriller pits two UNACO agents against a global conspiracy. Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver will race from the U.S. to England, Switzerland, and Ireland to diffuse a deadly plan being played out by three unlikely collaborators--a group of arms traders, a drug cartel and the mafia. First U.S. publication.