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Jan 1, 1923 — Jan 1, 1983· 60 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · FICTION · THRILLER

Desmond Bagley

Also known as: Desmond BAGLEY, DESMOND BAGLEY

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Desmond Bagley (29 October 1923 – 12 April 1983) was an English journalist and novelist known mainly for a series of bestselling thrillers. He and fellow British writers such as Hammond Innes and Alistair MacLean set conventions for the genre: a tough, resourceful, but essentially ordinary hero pitted against villains determined to sow destruction and chaos for their own ends.

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When the Revolutionary War ended in 1781 and America had won its independence from England, we didn't have a president.

— from Landslide

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Night of Error

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A husband was the last thing she wanted. In fact, marriage wasn't even on Lian Downing's agenda. She'd come to ask for financial assistance--she needed the money to help raise her son. Bryn Thornley, however, was insisting on claiming his rights to their child. He left her no choice but to fall in with his plans--and marriage was what he was offering. For Jonathan's sake Lian finally agreed; and she knew there'd be no going back. But adjusting to the disturbing stranger who was now her husband was more heart-wrenching than she'd ever imagined.

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Wyatt's hurricane

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Dave Wyatt is a West Indian meteorologist, working on the island of San Fernandez. When Dave carries out an airborne inspection of hurricane Mabel he develops a bad gut feeling. When he later sees a fellow West Indian tying down his roof he is sure. Dave must spread the word of the hurricane amidst disbelief, and in the middle of a war. He could not have predicted the result in his wildest nightmares..

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Landslide

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Boyd is a geologist, as resiliant as the British Colombian timber country where he works for the powerful Matterson Corporation. But his real name and his youth are mysteries - wiped out by the accident that nearly killed him. Then Boyd reads a name that opens a door in his memory: the Trinavant family may be a clue to his past. Eagerly, he starts to investigate - and discovers that Bull Matterson and his son will do almost anything to keep the Trinavants forgotten forever.......

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