Gallows on the sand - Morris West

Twenty chests of minted Spanish gold in a sunken galleon - this was the lure that brought the Professor to a tiny island off Australia's Barrier Reef.

There he found a deadly threat... and the love of a beautiful woman. 

But Gallows on the Sand, by one of the world's most distinguished novelists, is more than a story of high adventure. It has all the depth of insight, the rich characterisation, the undertone of comment which has made Morris L. West the complete novelist, and one of the supremely bestselling authors of his day.