The Snow Tiger

The Snow Tiger
Desmond Bagley

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in New Zealand.Fifty-four people died in the avalanche that ripped apart a small New Zealand mining town. But the enquiry which follows unleashes more destructive power than the snowfall. As the survivors tell their stories, they reveal a community so divided that all warnings of danger went unheeded. At the centre of the storm is Ian Ballard, whose life depends upon being able to clear his name…

DESMOND BAGLEY

The Snow Tiger

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First published in Great Britain by Collins 1975

Copyright © Brockhurst Publications 1975

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Source ISBN: 9780008211271

Ebook Edition © JULY 2017 ISBN: 9780008211288

Version: 2017-06-19

CONTENTS

Cover (#u901be426-bba3-570e-84f3-547fb71b79de)

Title Page (#u3d4579c1-6c81-57fa-ad14-4855f24eba4b)

Copyright (#u1007ee28-edad-5cad-9c03-c5d3e596ae43)

The Snow Tiger (#ucc16d60f-ff73-5717-bcdd-5fc70513d65b)

Dedication (#u9b5fbc01-4959-59dc-a7f0-07d40b4882d3)

Epigraph (#uc6ce2c2b-c937-54b2-8685-f8aba4f71973)

Prologue (#u0d02dd0c-17d3-5cad-9dad-6a3c33728b27)

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