Book description
1936. As General Franco's Nationalists march on Madrid in the
early stages of the Spanish Civil War, the Republican government
authorises the evacuation of the country's gold reserves. 7900 crates
of gold leave Cartagena for Russia - but only 7800 arrive. The hundred
missing boxes, if found today, would be worth over 0 million...
2004. Jack Hadley, a British visiting professor at the
University of Salamanca, his girlfriend Mercedes and the enigmatic
civil servant Rosa Uribe have been arrested on drug charges in the
wake of an evening's excessive partying. Hadley is facing prison,
disgrace and possibly the end of his career, until the Spanish Secret
Service offer him a surprising reprieve: Hadley is about to visit Cuba
to interview the reclusive revolutionary Jesús Florin - better known
as the 'The Aztec'. The Spanish intelligence chief believes Florin
knows the location of the missing gold and coerces Hadley into his
service.
Switching between Florin's past and 2004, The Aztec is a
gripping international thriller full of double agents and deception,
where no-one seems to be sure who's pulling the strings or why.
Bill Vidal was born in Argentina and educated in England. He lived
and worked in the USA, South America, the Middle East, South East Asia
and Europe before settling with his wife and twin children in East Kent.
In recent years he has slowed down his business commitments to devote
more time to writing and to his lifelong love for aeroplanes. He is the
author of one previous novel
The Clayton Account.
