Sam Durell, a CIA troubleshooter, investigates the deaths of the passengers and crew of a luxury liner, who were apparently killed with a deadly, genetically-engineered bacteria
This was a real person, William B. Aarons, 1914-2002, the brother of Edward S. Aarons. But according to WBA’s son, and confirmed by their agent, WBA did not write any of the six books; they were all penned by Lawrence Hall. (Source: Al Hubin and Jeff Falco)