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Ladataan... Domino Island: The unpublished thriller by the master of the genreTekijä: Desmond Bagley
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. The late great Desmond Bagley introduced me to adult thrillers in my teens, I read and totally enjoyed everyone of his books. He was a master storyteller of action and adventure thrillers. So imagine my excitement when a previously unpublished novel turned up after forty years. My thanks to the Author's family publishers and NetGalley for providing a Kindle version of this book to read and honestly review. All the old memories of previous classic thrillers came to mind, atmospheric authentic gripping from first to last page intelligent with superb characters, and clever twists a complete and utter treat. Thanks for memories. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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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... 'Like a dream come true - an undiscovered Desmond Bagley novel ... and it's a great one!' LEE CHILD Bill Kemp, an ex-serviceman working in London as an insurance investigator, is sent to the Caribbean to verify a life insurance claim that will make property magnate David Salton's young widow a very rich lady. As Kemp begins to discover that Salton's political ambitions had made him a lot of enemies, and that his friends are reluctant to reveal themselves, local tensions around the forthcoming elections spill over into protest and violence on the streets - and murder. Is this all a deliberate smokescreen for an altogether more ambitious plot? And who is the enemy in their midst? As events begin to spiral out of Kemp's control, even his army training seems feeble in the face of such a determined foe. Discovered after more than forty years, Domino Island is a vintage tour de force by one of the world's most successful thriller writers. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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‘Domino Island’ has been published recently as a “lost” Bagley book. It’s a manuscript he wrote in the 1970s and submitted to his publisher, but which never made it to the shelves because it didn’t fit the market at the time. This edition contains an interesting piece on Bagley and the history of ‘Domino Island’, or ‘Because Salton Died’ as it was originally titled.
Unlike most of Bagley’s books, which are adventure or espionage thrillers, ‘Domino Island’ is, for most of his length at least, a whodunnit. The hero, Bill Kemp, is an investigator for an insurance company who travels to a Caribbean island to investigate the death of an important businessman, David Salton. Once there he uncovers an unsurprising web of corruption, as well as Salton’s beautiful widow and equally attractive mistress.
The mystery elements are entertaining enough, as Kemp learns of the turbulent politics on the island and understands Salton’s place in them. It’s in the final third that the book really comes into its own though. Bagley slips back into more traditional thriller mode once the truth behind Salton’s death is revealed and Kemp begins a race against time to stop the killers. The action comes thick and fast and is genuinely gripping. It’s certainly given me an appetite to read more of Bagley’s books.
What’s lacking from ‘Domino Island’ is any real flavour of Caribbean life. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given that it was written by a Caucasian Englishman in the 1970s, it’s an incredibly white book. Despite it’s setting, there are no black characters of note, the focus being instead on well-meaning whites who are trying to make things better for the locals. That’s disappointing, but doesn’t detract from the expert thriller writing of that final act.
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