Geologist, Bob Boyd, who works in British Columbia timber country, has no memory of his past following a terrible accident, which only he survived. Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment. Matters are complicated when he falls in love with Claire Trinavant, the last link to a forgotten family whose name strikes a mysteriously resonant chord.
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Desmond Bagley was born in 1923, in Kendal, a rural town in England's scenic Lake District. He left school aged fourteen and worked for a number of years in the aircraft industry before embarking on an adventure - travelling to South Africa by road and supporting himself along the way by working in gold and asbestos mines. Bagley spent the Fifties in South Africa, working as a freelance journalist and critic, before moving to Italy with his wife, Margaret, and then to Guernsey. His first novel, The Golden Keel, was based on a true story overheard by Bagley in a bar in Johannesburg, about Mussolini's vast personal riches and the men who went looking for it. It was published in 1963 to great acclaim and followed by a further fifteen popular adventure ovels. Bgley's career spanned two decades and his influence can be seen in the work of several highly respected thriller writers. When he died, in 1983, his final novel, Juggernaut, was completed by his wife.
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Great way to fill a holiday!,
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Back in the 1960s and even 1970s, Desmond Bagley was easily one of the best thriller writers around. As a rule, his books tend to be short and to the point, filled with action and marked with innovative ideas. Landslide is one of my personal favorites which I suddenly stumbled upon after many years. Set in a "company town" in north America, this is a story of dominant business families and cowed townspeople which awakes when a stranger named Boyd arrives in town (Yes, you might almost say this is a classic Western novel!!). Recovering from a bad car accident and attendant amnesia, Boyd happens on the town by chance, then stays on as dim memory flickers make him realize he has been a part of it before - to what extent, his memory cannot say. In true "Western" fashion of course, the crimes are solved and he gets the beautiful girl as well. The story itself is very well told with Boyd as the narrator and the climactic collapse of the dam is every bit startling as it is educative. Great way to fill a holiday!
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One of the best by a fine author.,
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Desmond Bagley is one of the best action/adventure writers around, and this is one of his best novels. Not as good as "Running Blind" or "Wyatt's Hurricane", but on a par with "High Citadel", "Snow Tiger", "The Bahama Crisis", and "The Freedom Trap", this book, like many of his stories, not only has fast-paced action and plausible, very realistic characters, it also has some interesting information in the background. I've learned a lot from reading Bagley's novels, (in this case, about the geology of quick clay) all the while being thoroughly entertained.
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One of his best.,
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Some of the best books written by Bagley are based on a scientific phenomena.. This is one of them, based on a Landslide.
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Fort Farrell, Bull Matterson, John Trinavant, Howard Matterson, Miss Trinavant, Matterson Corporation, Land Rover, Jimmy Waystrand, Clare Trinavant, Frank Trinavant, Kinoxi Valley, Forestry Service, British Columbia, Bob Boyd, Matterson Building, Robert Grant, Lucy Atherton, Clarry Summerskill, Lieutenant Farrell, Uncle John, Robert Boyd Grant, North-West Territories, Matterson Lake, Matterson House, Fort St John Browse Sample Pages:
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Fort Farrell, Bull Matterson, John Trinavant, Howard Matterson, Miss Trinavant, Matterson Corporation, Land Rover, Jimmy Waystrand, Clare Trinavant, Frank Trinavant, Kinoxi Valley, Forestry Service, British Columbia, Bob Boyd, Matterson Building, Robert Grant, Lucy Atherton, Clarry Summerskill, Lieutenant Farrell, Uncle John, Robert Boyd Grant, North-West Territories, Matterson Lake, Matterson House, Fort St John Browse Sample Pages:
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