Dead in the water : a true story of hijacking, murder, and a global maritime conspiracy
Campbell, Matthew (Reporter)2022
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This is the gripping, true-crime story of a notorious maritime hijacking at the heart of a massive conspiracy-and the unsolved murder that threatened to unravel it all. 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. How had the pirates gotten aboard so easily? And if they wanted to steal the ship and bargain for its return, then why did they destroy it? The questions didn't add up-and Mockett would never answer them. Soon after his inspection, David Mockett was murdered. Dead in the Water is a shocking expose of the criminal inner workings of international shipping, told through the lens of the Brillante hijacking and its aftermath. Through first-hand accounts of those who lived it-from members of the ship's crew and witnesses to the attacks, to the ex-London detectives turned private investigators seeking to solve Mockett's murder and bring justice to his family-award-winning Bloomberg reporters Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel piece together the astounding truth behind one of the most brazen financial frauds in history. The ambitious culmination of more than four years of reporting, Dead in the Water uncovers an intricate web of conspiracy amidst the lawless, old-world industry at the backbone of our new global economy.
Main title:
Dead in the water : a true story of hijacking, murder, and a global maritime conspiracy / Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel.
Author:
Campbell, Matthew (Reporter), authorChellel, Kit, author
Imprint:
[New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, [2022]©2022
Collation:
xiii, 268 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Portions of this book were previously published in a different form as "The Hijacking of the Brillante Virtuoso" on bloomberg.com in 2017.Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index.
ISBN:
9780593329238 (hbk)9780593329238
Dewey class:
364.164
Language:
English
BRN:
515538
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - True Crime | 364.164 CAM | Available |