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Hi all,
I am looking for a book that I read around 25 years ago. I know neither the title nor the author!! Does any one know of any websites where I might find the book by description of plot line? I have tried all the usual websites Google, Ask, Yahoo etc, but no luck so far. Here's hoping JB |
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you could put the story/plot on here and see if any of the members can shine some light on your quest......after all, it is good old Accyweb and we have quite a few readers.
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I wanted to know a piece of music once, and was struggling to find it, until I described it on here, and bingo! Forget Jeeves. Ask Accy Web. :D |
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The humourless moderator strikes again. If you insist on deleting posts please send a pm with an explanation
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If you make such a post you must half expect it will be removed so don't complain when it is. This is a serious thread asking for help not daft comments. |
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Your own discretion or even your own interpretation of how a post is answered insists upon that, just to make things clear? :confused: |
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No? Go on, you'll have to Give Us a Clue. I'll have Wincy Willis, and Liza Goddard on my team, if I must. :D |
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if you could at least remember a word from the title or part of the title it would be worth checking amazon out but without a title or author its quite a task you have
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OK, here's how I remember the plotline:
A guy is paid a shed load of money by beautiful middle eastern girl (Leila?) to deliver a mysterious package. He is under strict instructions not to tamper with or open the pack, but of course, curiosity gets the better of him and whilst on the plane, he opens it to find a small container of 'something'. He reseals it, delivers it, and some days later gets v ill and dies a lingering death. The contents are (as far as I remember) distributed around (poss Africa), some is put in a village water supply thereby killing all the villagers, and that, my friends, is all I can remember. Not much to go on but if it strikes a chord with someone I will be really grateful. It was a gripping read at the time, and I'd like to read it again. Cheers all, JB |
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That sounds like a Clive Cussler type of plot.
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ok if you go to amazon.co.uk and select books on the left hand side in the blue section then books again in the sliding window that appears then slect a type of book like horror on teh page that loads on the left hand side then hit the go button at the top wher eit will now say horror then a seach box which is blank you can browse all the books amazon have old and new and see if you recognise the cover.
not sure if i explained that well but good luck |
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Sorry, not one I've read, but hopefully someone will have.
Good luck. I'd have named that book Pandora's Vial. Sadly the real author didn't, because I checked...just in case. :D |
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Thanks for your replies, guess I'll have to keep looking.
JB |
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Perhaps you could put the details you remembered on this site. http://forums.abebooks.com/abesleuthcom Or this. Groups Name that Book | LibraryThing They seem to do quite well, when looking for a book title, from a brief synopsis. Good luck. |
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What a rip off! |
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What???????
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