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In the Mouth of the Tiger
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This gripping crime and thriller novel will appeal to readers fascinated by historical adventure, espionage, and complex characters navigating turbulent times.
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Set in the turbulent years around World War Two, this gripping novel--based on a true story--has it all: adventure, romance, and international suspense. Nona Orlov, a refugee in colonial Penang, falls in love with an Englishman who catapults her into a life of luxury. But his dark secrets put Nona in danger, facing treachery, violence, and death. Has she the courage it takes to survive?
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In the Mouth of the Tiger is an epic story of adventure, love, mystery and intrigue set in Malaya, in the colourful and turbulent years before and after World War 2. Nona Orlov, a young Russian refugee abandoned in colonial Penang, falls in love with an Englishman who offers escape from her tawdry hand-to-mouth existence and catapults her into a world of mansions, expensive cars, well-bred horses and luxurious yachts.
But Denis Elesmere-Elliott is much more than the urbane, wealthy man-about-town that he appears, and Nona is plunged into a dark world of treachery, violence and sudden death. As the mysteries multiply, Nona realises that, if she is to survive, her courage must match those of the tigers that frequent the jungles around her.
Reviewed in the Sydney Morning Herald: Who was the real James Bond? 'The Man of Mystery Uncovered' when Derek Emerson-Elliot spoke to Mornings about the revelation that his father was a spy.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781863514576
Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing Pty Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 September 2014
Country: Australia
Imprint: Sally Milner Publishing Pty Ltd
Illustration: Mono text
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 235.0mm
Height: 153.0mm
Weight: 898g
Pages: 800
About the Author
Lynette Silver is a military historian, the author of a number of books on Australian history, including The Battle of Vinegar Hill, Fabulous Furphies, The Heroes o Rimau, Krait the Fishing Boat that went to War, Sandakan- A Conspiray of Silence, The Bidge at Parit Sulong, Blood Brothers and Deadly Secrets- The Singapore raids 1942-45. "How did I find out my father was MI6? I had absolutely no idea until I was in my 50s. On reflection, my father shared many of the character traits created by his friend Ian Fleming for the fictional James Bond. Like James Bond, his secret service identification number was 007." -- Derek Emerson-Elliott was born in colonial Singapore in 1939, the son of an English adventurer and a young Russian emigre. He has infant memories of escaping the Japanese invasion of the island in 1942, after which he enjoyed an enchanted childhood full of travel and adventure, living in Australia, Malaya during the Communist uprising, England, South Africa and Portugal. Derek was for a period an Aid-de-Camp to the Governor-General, Lord Casey. Derek has worked as a lawyer in the public service, a litigation solicitor in private practice in Canberra, and as a barrister in Canberra and in New South Wales. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canberra, has published articles on various controversial legal subjects, and is currently a street lawyer fighting for the clients of a community legal centre in Canberra.
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