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Enjoyable story that was even more Alistair MacLean-y than Bagley's previous book, Running Blind, the first in his "Slade" duology — what is it with '70s bad guys and their yachts? By my age, I've run into my share of rich (not to mention bad) guys, and I don't think I know anyone who's ever even been on a yacht, much less owned one…but yet fictionally, here we are again.
The story starts off as a simple tale, then takes a hard left-turn halfway through that might have been a genuine surprise fif ...more
The story starts off as a simple tale, then takes a hard left-turn halfway through that might have been a genuine surprise fif ...more
Desmond Bagley was one of a great generation of post-war British thriller writers that included the likes of Hammond Innes, Gavin Lyall and Alistair MacLean. This very masculine genre features resourceful heroes ensnared in criminal plots or espionage intrigues, often in foreign climes, surviving by their wits and mastery of practical affairs.
This one takes us from a British prison to Ireland and thence to Gibraltar and Malta. Somewhat unusually for the genre, the hero is an espionage professio ...more
This one takes us from a British prison to Ireland and thence to Gibraltar and Malta. Somewhat unusually for the genre, the hero is an espionage professio ...more
Nov 14, 2010
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Another masterful adventure thriller from Desmond Bagley. I love the author's smooth writing style and expert plotting.
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Feb 17, 2013
Karl Øen
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