Exciting, suspenseful, Tropics of Fear will keep you guessing to the very last page. Now, she knows that she, too, may be the target of an unknown assailant - a killer! A series of life-threatening accidents begins, and Tropics of Fear becomes a fast-paced race in which Sheila must be used to trap the murderer before she is added to the list of victims. Just a day before, Sheila had overheard him speaking of a shady business deal gone sour. The fun-filled holiday comes to a shattering end when Dick's brother, Hans, is found murdered in the swamp. What Sheila and her group didn't realize, at the outset of this thrilling mystery novel, was the true danger was not in the all-pervasive jungle but in the darker side of man. Surely the Van Rorke mansion would afford comfort from the jungle heat - and from the flesh-eating piranha and the deadly snakes of the Amazon.

Still, Dick Van Rorke had convinced them that Manaus, an unusual jungle city founded by rubber barons who risked all for their riches, would be an ideal spot for their vacation. After all, tramping through steaming heat, dragging heavy underbrush, and fighting off unmentionable reptiles was for explorers - not a group of Americans whose company had transplanted personnel in Brazil. Already Sheila was having misgivings about spending the Christmas holidays in the teeming jungles of Brazil. The palm fronds of the jungle giants swayed menacingly as the low-flying plane narrowly missed their tops.

In the teeming jungles of Brazil, a group of American tourists faces murder and intrigue. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. Book has some chipping on the cover edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping, crease and few tears on the edges and corners, scattered scratches, rubbing, and scuffing, some patches scrape on the back, light tanning and shelf wear. BH1 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected.

Tropic of Fear by Carolyn Keene