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Desmond Bagley

    29 de octubre de 1923 – 12 de abril de 1983

    Desmond Bagley fue un periodista y novelista británico, reconocido por sus exitosos thrillers. Junto a contemporáneos como Hammond Innes y Alistair MacLean, ayudó a dar forma a las convenciones del género: un héroe duro, ingenioso, pero ordinario que se enfrenta a villanos empeñados en la destrucción y el caos. Sus narrativas a menudo se adentran en escenarios exóticos, exponiendo los aspectos más oscuros de la naturaleza humana mientras mantienen una trama trepidante. El estilo de Bagley se caracteriza por un ritmo ágil, secuencias de acción hábilmente construidas y un agudo enfoque en el suspense.

    Desmond Bagley
    Blindlings.
    Flyaway
    The Vivero Letter
    The Tightrope Men. The enemy
    The Snow Tiger
    Running Blind
    • Domino Island

      The Unpublished Thriller by the Master of the Genre

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Discovered after more than 40 years, a vintage action-adventure novel set on Domino Island - a Caribbean paradise toppling under murder, corruption and organised crime...

      Domino Island2020
      3,6
    • The Tightrope Men. The enemy

      • 654 páginas
      • 23 horas de lectura

      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 enemy2009
      4,3
    • Una lettera dai Maya

      • 310 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Un misterioso vassoio che nasconde un antico segreto e una lettera lasciata da un conquistatore spagnolo sono gli unici indizi per raggiungere una città sepolta: la città "tutta d'oro" di Uaxuanoc. A Jemmy Wheale, un uomo qualunque dall'esistenza assolutamente normale, ma erede dei due oggetti, accade così di trovarsi di colpo tra le rovine dei siti maya, catapultato dalla sua tranquilla fattoria del Devon nelle foreste selvagge dello Yucatan, dove tutto può accadere e dove Jemmy scoprirà di essere un uomo coraggioso, disposto a difendere la donna che ama e pronto a salvare la preziosa ererdità che Uaxuanoc ha serbato per i posteri.

      Una lettera dai Maya2007
      3,0
    • Blindlings

      Roman - Thriller der Extraklasse (Tb)

      • 26 páginas
      • 1 hora de lectura

      Roman. ( Thriller der Extraklasse). 301 S.

      Blindlings1995
    • Torpedo

      • 347 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura
      Torpedo1990
      3,7
    • Die Täuschung

      Roman

      • 348 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Artikelzustand: Gut Autor: Genre: Format: Erscheinungstermin: Anzahl der Seiten: Länge: Breite: Gewicht: Sprache: EAN: 9783455003673

      Die Täuschung1985
    • Juggernaut

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      It is longer than a football pitch, weighs 550 tons, and moves at five miles per hour. Its job - and that of company troubleshooter Neil Mannix - is to move a giant transformer across Nyala, an oil-rich African state. But Nyala erupts into civil war - with Mannix at the centre of the conflict.

      Juggernaut1985
      3,4
    • Die Täuschung - bk518; Heyne Verlag; Desmond Bagley; pocket_book; 1990

      Die Täuschung1985
      3,5
    • The sea and its secrets always fascinated the Trevelyan brothers. It is on an expedition to a remote Pacific atoll that Mark dies - a natural death Mike is told. There was no love lost between the brothers. But the circumstances surrounding Mark's death were suspicious enough to force Mike to investigate - even without the series of violent attacks on him that followed.

      Night of Error1984
      3,6
    • Hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket, both in very good condition. Light shelf and handling wear, including light rubbing and creasing to DJ, spot of surface paper loss to front cover. Boards are very clean, pages are tightly bound, and content is 'as unread'. CN

      Crime Wave1983
      3,5
    • Die Erbschaft

      • 366 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Die Erbschaft - bk501; Heyne Verlag; Desmond Bagley; pocket_book; 1985

      Die Erbschaft1983
    • Action thriller by the classic adventure writer about security consultant, Max Stafford, set in Kenya.

      Windfall1982
      3,2
    • Bahama Crisis

      • 256 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      A series of seemingly unrelated disasters are the cover for a conspiracy which threatens the future of the Bahamas…

      Bahama Crisis1980
      3,4
    • Flyaway

      • 256 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      The disappearance of Paul Billson, clerk in an engineering firm, seems a minor matter to security consultant, Max Stafford. But when routine enquiries result in Stafford being beaten up, he goes after Billson, who has impulsively taken off for the Sahara, where his air ace father had crashed during the London to Cape Town air race forty years earlier. A recent newspaper smear implied that Billson's father had rigged the crash to profit from an insurance scandal. Now Billson is intent on locating the plane and clearing his father's name - but someone is determined that he should never find it.

      Flyaway1978
      4,2
    • Op dood spoor

      • 236 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Een ex-agent van de Britse geheime dienst gaat met zijn vriendin naar IJsland om een eenvoudige opdracht uit te voeren. Toch belandt hij in hachelijke situaties.

      Op dood spoor1977
    • The Enemy

      • 112 páginas
      • 4 horas de lectura

      Wealthy, respectable George Ashton flees for his life after an acid attack on his daughter. Who is his enemy? Only his future son-in-law, who, unknown to Ashton is a British Intelligence Agent, can guess. For ESL students and Adult Literacy Stage 6.

      The Enemy1977
      3,4
    • The Freedom Trap

      • 272 páginas
      • 10 horas de lectura

      Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Malta.

      The Freedom Trap1976
      3,3
    • De gouden kiel

      • 268 páginas
      • 10 horas de lectura

      "We sloegen de eerste smelting gezamenlijk gade. Coertze liet het klompje goud op het grafietmatje vallen en schakelde de machine in. Het matje begon te gloeien en straalde een fel wit licht uit. Het goud werd vloeibaar en kon binnen luttele seconden in de vorm gegoten worden. Coertze en Pietro zagen er in de felle flitslichten uit als demonen. Walker had een flink aantal baren in stukken gezaagd. We werkten zestien uur per dag, maar dat tempo konden we niet lang volhouden. De zaak zag er somber uit. Het zou ons zeker nog acht dagen hard werken kosten om de kiel klaar te krijgen." Aan het eind van de Tweede Wereldoorlog liet een SS-commandant de schatten van Mussolini verdwijnen. In De Gouden Kiel beschrijft Desmond Bagley de levensgevaarlijke expeditie van drie oorlogskameraden die op ingenieuze wijze het goud van Mussolini uit Italië willen smokkelen.

      De gouden kiel1975
      3,0
    • 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 Tiger1975
      4,4
    • De Man met de Twee Gezichten

      • 285 páginas
      • 10 horas de lectura

      Giles Denison's life is turned upside down when he awakes to find himself in a luxurious hotel in Oslo and, peering into the bathroom mirror, discovers the face of another man! He has been kidnapped from his flat in London and transformed into famous Finnish scientist, Dr Harold Feltham Meyrick. Compelled to adjust to his new persona (including meeting his daughter) and to play out the role assigned to him by his captors, he embarks on a dangerous escapade from Norway to Finland and across the border into Soviet Russia.

      De Man met de Twee Gezichten1973
      3,5
    • 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 Blind1972
      4,4
    • Operatie torpedo

      • 240 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Operatie torpedo vangt aan op het moment dat de dochter van Sir Robert Hellier, miljonair en een van de belangrijkste figuren uit de filmwereld, overlijdt aan een te grote dosis heroïne. Hellier wil bloed zien, niet van de kleine handelaars, maar van de grote leveranciers. Hij krijgt de steun van de dokter Nicholas Warren, specialist op het gebied van verdovende middelen, die zeker zo goed op de hoogte is van de misdadige handel in verdovende middelen als welke politieman ook. Op basis van twee twijfelachtige tips vertrekt Warren met een groepje medewerkers naar het Midden-Oosten. Eenmaal in Beyrouth vertakt het spoor zich en gaan de speurders uiteen. Eén groep volgt het gevaarlijke spoor naar de vallei waar de papaverplantage ligt. De andere ziet kans te infiltreren in de organisatie die van plan is in één slag duizend kilo heroïne te 'exporteren'. Het spel is levensgevaarlijk, de inzet is dan ook hoog: honderd miljoen dollar.

      Operatie torpedo1970
      3,4
    • Blindlings.

      • 301 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Blindlings - bk1250; Bastei Lübbe; Desmond Bagley; pocket_book; 1989

      Blindlings.1970
      3,7
    • A wealthy tycoon swears to avenge the death of his daughter and finances a personal expedition - to kill the Middle Eastern drugs barons who cultivated the heroin that killed her...

      The Spoilers1969
      3,3
    • Landslide

      • 253 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Geologist Bob Boyd, who works in British Columbia timber country, has no memory of his past following a terrible accident, which only he survived. Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment. Matters are complicated when he falls in love with Claire Trinavant, the last link to a forgotten family whose name strikes a mysteriously resonant chord.

      Landslide1967
      3,8
    • High Citadel

      • 255 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      A group of adventurers set sail to track down the treasure and smuggle it out, encountering many enemies along the route, including murderous ex-partisans, ruthless beauties and menacing smugglers, all of whom will stop at nothing for a chance to hijack the fortune.

      High Citadel1965
      3,6
    • 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 kilometres an hour. There could be a huge tidal wavefrom the sea, which will drown the capital city of St Pierre. Mabel will destroy houses, farms, roads, bridges . . . Only one man, David Wyatt, believes that Mabel will hit San Fernandez, but nobody will listen to him...

      Sog des Grauens. Roman.1964
      3,8