Outback

The Desmond Bagley Centenary Thriller

Michael Davies, Desmond Bagley

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Collins Crime Club
05 July 2023

Crime & Mystery; Thriller & suspense; Adventure; Wills, probate & Succession

Series: Bill Kemp

A powerful debut novel that continues the legacy of ‘Master of the Genre’ Desmond Bagley with a thriller set in Australia, also appealing to a new generation of readers of who adore Jane Harper and Chris Hammer.

The Sequel to Desmond Bagley’s DOMINO ISLAND

Insurance investigator Bill Kemp had never wanted to trek deep into Australia’s remote interior. But when his clients Sophie and Adam Church inherit an abandoned opal mine, triggering some explosive long-lost secrets, they – and Kemp – find themselves facing an unknown enemy even more deadly than the vast, forbidding wilderness of the Outback…

The Desmond Bagley centenary novel honours the legacy of the bestselling thriller writer with a new adventure featuring Bill Kemp, described by Jeffrey Deaver as ‘part James Bond, part Philip Marlowe, and all hero’. Writer Michael Davies, who completed the first Kemp novel Domino Island for publication nearly 40 years after the author’s death, now weaves an original tale of danger and death under the blistering Australian sun.

By: Michael Davies
From an idea by: Desmond Bagley
Imprint: Collins Crime Club
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: Book 2
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 390g
ISBN: 9780008581367
ISBN 10: 0008581363
Series: Bill Kemp
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 05 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Davies began his career as a newspaper journalist and editor and a professional theatre critic. Since moving into fiction, his writing has appeared on stage, screen, radio, the printed page and online. His debut play won a national competition, and subsequent work includes Tess - The Musical, an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles. He is a lifelong Desmond Bagley fan, and in 2019 reworked one of Bagley's abandoned drafts into the highly acclaimed novel Domino Island.

Reviews for Outback: The Desmond Bagley Centenary Thriller

Praise for the previous book, Domino Island: 'What a wonderful book! And a protagonist for all time, Bill Kemp-part James Bond, part Philip Marlowe, and all hero. A brilliant and timeless novel.' JEFFERY DEAVER 'A vintage Bagley scenario of siege, jeopardy and explosive action' MIKE RIPLEY 'Like a dream come true - an undiscovered Desmond Bagley novel ... and it's a great one!' LEE CHILD