The Vivero Letter

First edition
Author	Desmond Bagley
Language	English
Genre	Thriller
Publisher	Collins
Publication date	1968
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	290 pgs
Preceded by	Landslide
Followed by	The Spoilers

The Vivero Letter is a first-person narrative novel written by English author Desmond Bagley, and was first published in 1968.^[1] It was also made into a film in 1998 of the same name starring Robert Patrick, Fred Ward and Chiara Caselli.^{[citation needed]}

Jeremy Wheale's brother is murdered by criminals attempting to steal a family heirloom: a 16th-century gold tray. In attempting to find out what was so special about the tray that someone would kill for it, he discovers that it contains a map. Wheale pursues the trail from Devon, England to Mexico and finally to the tropical rain forests of the Yucatán Peninsula, where he joins with two archaeologists to locate a legendary hoard of gold. This hoard comes from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. However, the Mafia are on the trail of Wheale as well as the Chicleros, a deadly group of convict mercenaries, and Wheale is uncertain that he can even trust his two archaeologist friends.

• Crime Time review of Desmond Bagley
• Fantastic Fiction site with publication history

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