Death at Newport by Derryn Hinch

Highly entertaining, colourful and fast moving, Derryn
Hinch's Death at Newport is a thriller which knots together a 
story of intrigue and revenge -- against the backdrop of that
famous millionaire's playground during the 1974
America's Cup races.
   The mystery's separate strands originate in places as
far removed as the embittering jungles of Vietnam and the
desperate shanty towns of Rio.
   An Australian journalist, Jonathan Hunter, becomes
involved with the svelte secretary of the fabulously
wealthy Newport identity Penelope Pike.
   He is dragged into the action when Penelope, a 
woman scarred by a lifetime of controversial liaisons,
becomes the target of a kidnapper whose motives are
compounded by things more sinister ...more personal . . .
than a mere $5 million ransom.
   Reluctantly conscripted into a life-or-death situation
that must be kept from police -- and unable to give rein to
his journalistic instinct to break the biggest crime story
of the decade -- Hunter must find Penelope Pike before her
tormentor can exact his revenge.

Genres: Crime Fiction - Mystery - Thriller - Suspense - Australian Author 
Condition: Very good
Published: 1986 by Angus & Robertson Publishers
Pages: 271
ISBN: 0207154228
Weight: 725g