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| Author | Alistair MacLean |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller novel |
| Publisher | Collins (UK) Doubleday (US) |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Preceded by | Caravan to Vaccarès |
| Followed by | Alistair MacLean Introduces Scotland (non-fiction) |
Bear Island is a thriller novel by Scottish author Alistair MacLean. Originally published in 1971 with a cover by Norman Weaver, it was the last of MacLean's novels to be written in first-person narrative. This novel is a murder mystery with the added twist that the scene of the crimes is Bear Island, an island in the Svalbard archipelago of the Norwegian Arctic.