Outback: The Desmond Bagley Centenary Thriller (Bill Kemp, Book 2)

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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 who adore Jane Harper and Chris Hammer.
The Sequel to Desmond Bagleys DOMINO ISLAND



IF YOUR ENEMIES DONT KILL YOU
THE TERRITORY WILL

Insurance investigator Bill Kemp had never wanted to trek deep into Australias remote interior. But after his clients Sophie and Adam Church inherit an abandoned opal mine, they become the target of threatening letters, urging Sophie to abandon the inheritance claim or pay the price.

Though the mine appears to be worthless, someone is clearly desperate to stop them from discovering more about the treasure that might be hidden within and the circumstances that led to Sophie inheriting it in the first place. Was her uncles death truly self-inflicted or are there nefarious forces at play After Sophie narrowly escapes an attempt on her life, the group are left with no choice but to head out into the blistering desert in search of answers.

How far will their unknown enemy go to stop them from uncovering the explosive, long-lost secret of the Deakins family mine And even if the group can uncover the truth, will they make it out of that vast and hostile wilderness alive

Outback celebrates the centenary of bestselling thriller writer Desmond Bagley with this new adventure featuring his protagonist Bill Kemp, described by Jeffrey Deaver as part James Bond, part Philip Marlowe, and all hero. Michael Davies, who completed Bagleys first Kemp novel Domino Island for publication nearly forty years after the authors death, now weaves an original tale of danger and death under the Australian sun.

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Praise for the previous book, Domino Island:

What a wonderful book! And a protagonist for all time, Bill Kemppart 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 its a great one!
LEE CHILD

Author Bio

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 Hardys classic novel Tess of the dUrbervilles. He is a lifelong Desmond Bagley fan, and in 2019 reworked one of Bagleys abandoned drafts into the highly acclaimed novel Domino Island.
Desmond Bagley was a multi-million-copy selling author of 16 adventure thrillers. Moving to South Africa after WW2, his transition from unskilled printers apprentice, aircraft engineer, mine worker, photographer and radio scriptwriter to one of the worlds most respected thriller writers is legendary, described by The Times as a craftsmanlike thriller novelist. Returning to the UK in the 1960s, he lived with his wife Joan in Devon and then Guernsey.