Emerald Passage - Murphy, Christopher
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Recently released from a South African prison, Rollo Runyan-a diamond smuggler and something of an educated rake-finds his latest contraband confiscated by a rascally Russian dealer. And now, to further a far more grandiose scheme, he has to get it back. Runyan's mission to secure a parcel of emeralds takes him gallivanting all over the world. He meets an array of people but doesn't know if they are friends or enemies. In London, he stashes secret papers exposing a plot to sabotage Persian Gulf oil fields. On his way to Rio, he connects with three very different women who each play a…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Recently released from a South African prison, Rollo Runyan-a diamond smuggler and something of an educated rake-finds his latest contraband confiscated by a rascally Russian dealer. And now, to further a far more grandiose scheme, he has to get it back. Runyan's mission to secure a parcel of emeralds takes him gallivanting all over the world. He meets an array of people but doesn't know if they are friends or enemies. In London, he stashes secret papers exposing a plot to sabotage Persian Gulf oil fields. On his way to Rio, he connects with three very different women who each play a significant role in his struggle to collect the emeralds. While flying over the Caribbean Sea, he must foil a midair hijacking, and in Tel Aviv, Runyan has to face a deadly showdown with Arab leaders terrified that their reign of wealth is at an end. As he evolves from scoundrel to philanthropist, Runyan retains his reckless courage and wry humor. If only he could find a definitive answer to his one, burning question: just how much can be achieved with benevolent deceit? A thrilling ride through some of the world's most exotic locales, Emerald Passage explores the gray area between right and wrong through the eyes of a new kind of hero: Rollo Runyan.
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Autorenporträt
Christopher Murphy ( PhD) moved to Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1959 where he remains connected to an extensive network of family and friends. He has a BA from St. Francis Xavier University (1967), an MA from Dalhousie University (1972) and a PhD ( Sociology) from the University of Toronto (1985). He taught school in Jamaica with CUSO, was a Development Officer in Springhill Penitentiary, a Policy Researcher in Ottawa with the Federal Government and a Professor of Sociology at Dalhousie University and the University of King's College from 1982 until 2018. He's an indiscriminate music lover and reader, traveler, a late life curler and bad-tempered golfer who enjoys the occasional single malt and cigar. He lives in Halifax with his wife JoAnn MacKinnon and they have three adult children, Brendan, Nicola, Conor and a faithful old dog called Buster.