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Desmond Bagley

    October 29, 1923 – April 12, 1983

    Desmond Bagley was a British journalist and novelist, renowned for his best-selling thrillers. Along with contemporaries like Hammond Innes and Alistair MacLean, he helped shape the genre's conventions: a tough, resourceful, yet ordinary hero confronting villains bent on destruction and chaos. His narratives often delve into exotic locales, exposing the darker aspects of human nature while maintaining a propulsive plot. Bagley's style is characterized by a brisk pace, skillfully crafted action sequences, and a keen focus on suspense.

    Desmond Bagley
    Night of Error
    Flyaway
    The Vivero Letter
    The Tightrope Men. The enemy
    The Snow Tiger
    Running Blind
    • It all begins with a simple errand - a package to deliver. But for Alan Stewart, standing on a deserted road in Iceland with a murdered man at his feet, the mission looks far from simple. Set amongst some of the most dramatic scenery in the world, Stewart and his girlfriend, Erin, are faced with treacherous natural obstacles and deadly threats, as they battle to carry out the mission. The contents of the package are a surprise for the reader as much as for Stewart in a finale of formidable energy.

      Running Blind
    • A catastrophic avalanche brings disaster to the inhabitants of a small New Zealand mining town, bringing out the best and the worst in the people.

      The Snow Tiger
    • The Tightrope Men. The enemy

      • 654 pages
      • 23 hours of reading
      4.3(26)Add rating

      Double action thrillers by the classic adventure writer set in Norway, Finland and Sweden. THE TIGHTROPE MEN When Giles Denison of Hampstead wakes up in an Oslo hotel room and finds the face looking back at him in the mirror is not his own, things could surely get no more bizarre. But it is only the beginning of a hair-raising adventure in which Denison finds himself trapped with no way to escape. One false move and the whole delicately balanced power structure between East and West will come toppling down… THE ENEMY Wealthy, respectable George Ashton flees for his life after an acid attack on his daughter. Who is his enemy? Only Malcolm Jaggard, his future son-in-law, can guess, after seeing Ashton's top secret government file. In a desperate manhunt, Jaggard pits himself against the KGB and stalks Ashton to the silent, wintry forests of Sweden. But his search for the enemy has barely begun… Includes a unique bonus - Desmond Bagley's pen portrait, written for the original publication of The Tightrope Men.

      The Tightrope Men. The enemy
    • Action thriller by the classic adventure writer about security consultant, Max Stafford, set in the Sahara.

      Flyaway
    • Wyatt's Hurricane

      • 254 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      A U.S. Naval aircraft on a routine weather patrol in the Caribbean encounters 'Mabel', a ferocious hurricane that should, nevertheless, pass harmlessly among the islands. But David Wyatt, civilian weather expert, has developed a sixth sense about hurricanes and is convinced that Mabel will change course and strike the island of San Fernandez and its capital, St Pierre. Scientific evidence is against him, the Commander of the U.S. Base refuses to evacuate, and Wyatt's lone voice is finally overwhelmed when a rebellion against the tyrannical dictator who rules San Fernandez sweeps down on St Pierre. Wyatt is forced to pit himself against insuperable odds, aided only by a small and diverse group of English and American civilians - and by Hurricane Mabel herself.

      Wyatt's Hurricane
    • Popis edice: Hurricane Mabel is far out in the Atlantic Ocean and moving slowly northwards. Perhaps it will never come near land at all. But if it hits the island of San Fernandez, many thousands of people will die. There could be winds of more than 250 k

      Level 3: Wyatt´s Hurricane/Oxford Bookworms Library
    • Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the Middle East.

      The Spoilers
    • Action thriller by the classic adventure writer about security consultant, Max Stafford, set in Kenya.

      Windfall