Dead in the Water
Dead in the Water
- Author/Seller
- Matthew Campbell
- SKU:
- 9781838952532
$33.00
The explosive true-crime story of a notorious hijacking, revealing the corrupt and secret world of international shipping.
In July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates
attacked and set her ablaze in a devastating explosion. But when David Mockett, a maritime surveyor working for Lloyd's
of London, inspected the damaged vessel, he was left with more questions than answers. Soon after his inspection, he
was murdered.
Dead in the Water is a shocking expose of the criminal inner-workings of international shipping, an old-world industry at
the backbone of our global economy. Through first-hand accounts of those who lived the hijacking-from members of the
ship'screw and witnesses to the attacks, to the ex-London detectives turned private investigators seeking to solve
Mockett's murder-award-winning reporters Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel piece together the astounding truth behind
one of the most brazen financial frauds in history.
In July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates
attacked and set her ablaze in a devastating explosion. But when David Mockett, a maritime surveyor working for Lloyd's
of London, inspected the damaged vessel, he was left with more questions than answers. Soon after his inspection, he
was murdered.
Dead in the Water is a shocking expose of the criminal inner-workings of international shipping, an old-world industry at
the backbone of our global economy. Through first-hand accounts of those who lived the hijacking-from members of the
ship'screw and witnesses to the attacks, to the ex-London detectives turned private investigators seeking to solve
Mockett's murder-award-winning reporters Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel piece together the astounding truth behind
one of the most brazen financial frauds in history.
