Nessie's Egg

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Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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A defenceless creature in peril. Two children fight to save it.People laugh at 12-year-oldDuncan Logan for believing in the Loch Ness monster. Then he finds an enormousegg buried on the shore of the loch – an egg that can only belong to onecreature... But Duncan is betrayed byhis best friend and the egg is taken by greedy Nessie hunter Linus Todd whowants to exploit it for vast sums of money. Sinister government scientists arealso taking an interest in the egg, keen to experiment on it and keep the babycreature inside it in captivity. Desperate to protect theegg, Duncan and his younger sister Catriona steal it back and go on the runacross the Scottish Highlands. Todd and the police come after them, but can theyoungsters evade the search and return the egg to the loch before it hatches?

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Utgivningsdatum2026-10-26
Mått129 x 198 x 16 mm
Vikt220 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor232
FörlagEndeavour Publishing
ISBN9781068447716

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Paul Adam has written fourteencritically-acclaimed thrillers: Unholy Trinity, Shadow Chasers, Genesis II,Oracle Lake (original U.K. title, Flash Point), Enemy Within, Knife Edge,Dixieland and The Wolves of Nifelheim; his Cremona Mysteries series featuringItalian violin maker Gianni Castiglione and detective Antonio Guastafeste - TheRainaldi Quartet (original U.K. title, Sleeper), Paganini’s Ghost and TheHardanger Riddle; An Exceptional Corpse, A Nasty Dose of Death and Toxin,featuring investigative journalist Mike McLean. He is also a children’s author:the award-winning Max Cassidy trilogy of thrillers for readers aged 9-12 –Escape from Shadow Island, Jaws of Death and Attack at Dead Man’s Bay – and thestandalone middle-grade comedy thriller, A Thief in the Night. Paul lives inSheffield and is married with two sons.

'Tension that resonates like flawlessly tunedstrings' - The Guardian'Brilliantly imagined, fiercely authentic and wholly gripping' - LiteraryReview 'An intelligent, civilised mystery...beautifully written...a real pleasure toread' - Sunday Telegraph 'Paul Adam has the great gift of narrative drive' - Tribune'A distinctly atmospheric thriller' - Mail on Sunday'Adam always handles his massive canvases with real panache. The requisitepulse-racing action is wedded superbly to the serious theme' - Good Book Guide'Beguiling mystery' - New York Times'Brilliantly researched and informative...a turbo-charged, white-knuckledthriller by a brilliant storyteller' - Daily Record'Mystery fans and music lovers alike will be captivated by Adam's excellentcontemporary thriller' - Publishers Weekly'An enthralling mix of Italian ambience, history and - most of all - music' -Booklist