The All-Purpose Bodies — Philip McCutchan

With echoes of Ian Fleming, Philip McCutchan's fast-paced thriller will have you gripped until the very last page.

London is becoming concerned. Inundated with reports of prominent figures disappearing all over the globe, the only link 6D2 can find between these doctors, lawyers, scientists and engineers is that they are all leaders in their respective fields. When Jake Dunwoodie, the Australian government minister responsible for Lifeforce, the country's foremost nuclear complex, disappears, everything changes and the pressure on 6D2's Sydney office to solve the mystery only increases. Desperate, they request Commander Esmonde Shaw be sent out to assist.

Shaw's investigation is challenged by the presence of Dunwoodie's estranged wife, Flair, openly pursuing her own agenda, but the pair must work together if anyone is to see him alive again. Dodging bullets and assassins, they follow the trail to a remote island off the Great Barrier Reef where Doctor High, a pioneer of transplant surgery, strives to create a new world order. Jake Dunwoodie and Lifeforce are just the tip of the iceberg, and the odds of Shaw surviving long enough to prevent a global catastrophe are growing increasingly short...

Praise for Philip McCutchan's Commander Shaw series:

“McCutchan holds his reader through the skilful use of mystery and suspense” -- Hartford (Conn.) Courant

“Top in its field! Rivalling Ian Fleming” -- J. Donald Adams, NY Times Book Review

Philip McCutchan (1920�"1996) was a British author who grew up near Portsmouth dockyard and maintained a lifelong interest in the sea and military history. He served on warships during WWII, ending the war a lieutenant in the RNVR. He wrote over eighty books about the British army and its campaigns, including the Halfhyde Adventure series and the James Ogilvie series.