Philip McCutchan
Author
Series
Halfhyde adventures volume 4
Pub. Date
2004
Description
With a ship to call his own at last, Royal Navy Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde sails for the Dardanelles in command of the little torpedo-boat Vendetta, part of a flotilla sent to rescue a Britsih sailing-ship unlawfully detained by the Russians. Unfortunately, Halfhyde's first command comes complete with a pompous flotilla captain in love with his own voice, and the looming threat of the irascible Admiral Prince Gorsinski. Cutting out the sailing-ship...
Author
Series
Halfhyde adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Royal Navy Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde is once again despatched to Africa. This time his mission is to help capture a British traitor who carries secret blueprints of British warships. Assisted by a Scotland Yard detective and a handful of sailors, Halfhyde must outwit the clever Germans, who are determined to take the traitor and his secrets back to the Fatherland.
Author
Series
Halfhyde adventures volume 2
Pub. Date
2004
Description
When a volcanic island emerges in the North Pacific Ocean, the British navy sends Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde to check it out, but he soon encounters several Russian cruisers sent to stop them from claiming the rock for England.
Author
Series
Halfhyde adventures volume 5
Pub. Date
2005
Description
In Andalusia, Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde is sent by the unpredictable Captain Watkiss on a secret mission ashore: to aid the Queen's Messenger who is being pursued by nefarious Spanish agents. But when Halfhyde discovers a plot to kill Queen Victoria herself, the stakes are raised. Now he and the rest of his flotilla must face down the Spanish Navy and get the Messenger back to Britain with vital information.
Author
Series
Halfhyde adventures volume 6
Pub. Date
2005
Description
The old ironclad Meridian steams south on her last journey under the British flag, on route to her new home in the Chilean Navy. Using the transfer of the ship as cover, Halfhyde and Watkiss are on a covert operation to protect British interests in South America from the encroaching Germans. Soon Halfhyde has an added mission: he must help a detective from the Metropolitan Police track down and intercept a traitorous civil servant who has escaped...
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