Book Overview
Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in Malta. The Scarperers, a brilliantly organised gang which gets long-term inmates out of prison, spring a notorious Russian double agent. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:000615266X
ISBN13:9780006152668
Release Date:January 1990
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:7.0" x 0.7" x 4.4"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Masterful thriller for fans of Fleming, DeMille and Maclean
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Wow, Desmond Bagley is good! This was my first novel by this author, but definitely not the last. "The Freedom Trap" is a taut, unpredictable, totally absorbing story about a top-secret operation to take down an organized crime ring and a Russian spy in one stroke. There are twists and turns, an international chase, intense action scenes and a larger conspiracy as the story unfolds. Bagley was definitely a master of the thriller genre in the British tradition of Ian Fleming and Alistair Maclean, with a very polished and vivid style of writing. His influence on popular writers like DeMille, Ludlum and Follett is clear--but where they might take four or five hundred pages to tell a story, Bagley does it in 250. This makes for a very lean, fast-paced novel, which I found impossible to put down. If you haven't tried this author, do yourself a favor and get some of his books. Absolutely top shelf!
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I hadn't heard of Desmond Bagley when I came across this book. What had attracted me to this book was a comment by a critic that this book puts Bagley into Alistair Maclean's category. Personally I think this book far exceeds anything that Maclean ever wrote. An amazing plot that stays with you forever !
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