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Outback
- Author
- Michael Davies
- Narrator
- Michael Davies
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 11 May 2023
- Run Time
- 8 hours 38 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, Adventure / action fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Adventure / action fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Law: wills, probate, succession, inheritance, Esoteric thriller
- Rating
- 4.0 (2 reviews)
What to expect
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.
Critics Review
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Praise for the previous book, Domino Island:
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‘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
User Reviews
Book 4.0
Narration 5.0
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4.0 5.0
The narration was clear and easy on the ear, the story was entertaining and interesting. However i saw the twist coming which occurs towards the end of the book. Often in tales of this kind there are moments when a character is made to do something really stupid in order to make the plot work but this avoids this for the most part. In all I found it enjoyable and I would purchase others in the series.
Liam 2025-01-05
Details
- Author
- Michael Davies
- Narrator
- Michael Davies
- Duration
- 8 hours 38 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 May 2023
- ISBN
- 9780008581381
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, Adventure / action fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Adventure / action fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Law: wills, probate, succession, inheritance, Esoteric thriller
- Rating
- 4.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(2 reviews)
Synopsis
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.
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