The setting for Art Marvik mystery thriller Dangerous Cargo

DANGEROUS CARGO is the second book in the Art Marvik mystery thrillers (4) and this one is set along the spectacular Dorset coast in England.

In it Marvik has a new and deadly mission to complete, working undercover for the UK's Police National Intelligence Marine Squad. His task, to catch a ruthless killer whose murders span over half a century.

Marvik's investigation takes him to the seaside towns of Swanage and Poole. It also takes him (on his powerful motor cruiser) to the Hampshire waterfront town of Southampton and the Solent.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I loved this fast-paced story with enough twists and turns in a plot that kept me guessing right to the last page. Pauline Rowson loses no time in plunging the reader right into the throes of the mystery on page one, and the pace is maintained right to the end. If you enjoy an exciting crime novel, where you can rush breathlessly alongside the hero as he unravels a complicated mystery while fending off one danger after another, then you should give this one a try. It won't disappoint.'  Amazon

Tough, fearless and fit, Marvik is not bound by the rules of the law but he's engaged to work undercover for the UK's Police National Intelligence Marine Squad reporting to Detective Chief Superintendent Crowder. Marvik is also assisted during his missions by Shaun Strathen a communications and computer intelligence expert and former marine colleague. Together they form a formidable team.

Marvik is detailed to attend the funeral of a man who’d officially been declared dead fifty-five years earlier. So who is the imposter and why did he assume the name of a dead man? What’s more, why did he suddenly show up in a Dorset coastal town in 1989, hook up with a local fishing family, and after fathering a child, disappear in 1990? Its Marvik's job to find out.

When an innocent woman is killed during the course of the investigation, Marvik realizes that the stakes are much higher than he’d previously thought. As he begins to uncover a trail of deceit, corruption and murder that spans over half a century, Marvik must confront a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to make sure that the sins of the past stay in the past.

 

This is Swanage where Marvik puts in on his boat and where his investigation begins.

Marvik is an action-man, fearless and fit and yet with a deep-seated vulnerability finding it difficult to adjust to life outside the Royal Marines, Special Boat Services.  He thought he’d be able to adjust and carve out a new career for himself, preferably on the sea, but his first job as a private maritime security operative goes very wrong when the luxury motor cruiser he was on gets attacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean. Marvik finds himself with a bullet in his shoulder and the boat’s owner dead. He’d failed on his first mission in civilian life, and SILENT RUNNING (1) opens with him reeling from it.

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