Desmond Bagley · 1982 · thriller

Desmond Bagley's 1982 thriller. A vast fortune is left to an agricultural college in Kenya, and to two men who may be brothers - and security consultant Max Stafford, hired to check the bequest, finds the money is a lure and the college a front. The trail runs from London to Nairobi, the Rift Valley and the burning shores of Lake Turkana.

1. 1
   London

   A dead millionaire's will leaves a fortune to an obscure agricultural college in Kenya and to two young men who have never met - and the security consultant Max Stafford is retained to find out why, and for whom.

2. 2
   Nairobi

   In Nairobi, Stafford finds the beneficiaries watched, his own room searched and his questions unwelcome - the bequest is bait in somebody's trap, and the men who set it are willing to kill to keep the reason quiet.

3. 3
   Naivasha

   At the college above Lake Naivasha in the Rift Valley, behind the seed trials and the lecture rooms, Stafford uncovers laboratories and equipment that have nothing to do with agriculture and everything to do with a foreign power.

4. 4
   Lake Turkana

   The chase ends on the hot volcanic shore of Lake Turkana in the far north, where a safari becomes a running fight through lava and thorn - and the real purpose of a dead man's money is finally dragged into the light.