“New” Short Story Published

A short-story written by Desmond Bagley and first published in 1962, the year before his first full-length novel The Golden Keel, has just been republished over on Philip Eastwood's  The Bagley Brief website. Welcome, Comrade is a must-read for fans of the author, highlighting as it does his interest in a genre many didn't know he …

Good News

John Templeton-Smith's thriller series starring hero John Winter has got off to a great start. White Lie, the first of the three, is riding high in the Amazon Kindle best-sellers ratings. Remember, as an introductory offer, the novel can be bought for just £0.99 or read for free with Kindle Unlimited. https://www.amazon.co.uk//dp/B087RDYPN1 Such a good …

John Templeton Smith

Desmond Bagley's friend and author-student, John Templeton Smith is back in print with his best-selling John Winter trilogy. This is a gripping series from a remarkable author who sets the world of adventure ablaze from page one - and once started doesn't let you go until the very end. The trilogy comes either as a …

May Update …

First things first. I hope all our visitors, fans and readers are keeping themselves safe and healthy, self-isolating and only going out when necessary. These are unsettling times and we all need to stick together, despite lockdown, to get through this. The paperback edition of Domino Island is still on target to be released on …

Kindle E-Book Offer Not to be Missed.

Another great offer is available on the previous publication run of the author's novels in Kindle e-book format. Back in 2009 Harper Collins UK published the complete series in a two stories per book edition and included a very interesting "extra" such as an article or short-story by the author in each. These Kindle versions …

** NEWS **

The long-lost thriller Domino Island has been such a success in hardback that HarperCollins Publishers UK will be releasing the title in paperback this year on the 28th May in the UK. Polished by Michael Davies Published by David Brawn https://www.amazon.co.uk/Domino-Island-unpublished-thril…/…/

Kindle Special Offer

Amazon UK currently have a special-offer running for the author's third novel Wyatt's Hurricane. Only 99p for the Kindle version. Check it out: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wyatts-Hurricane-Desmond-Bagley-ebook/dp/B01IMNLD84

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

2019 has been a very busy year for our author and 2020 looks set to be another. Who could have guessed that even 36 years after his passing he would still be making headlines, having new work published and gaining new fans from around the world? It has been a pleasure to offer a window …

What’s Going On Here Then?

A quick note to explain that intrusive block of Podcast episodes, duplicating what is already in our Podcast section.. To have them accepted once more for the Apple iTunes Podcast platform, they need to be a part of our main blog feed, which for us is the Home page. Now they are all back on …

Back in Business

Happy to report our original web-address has been restored. The domain registrar has done their stuff (though didn't apologise) and all should be fine now. Also, because a lot of browsers these days require a secure connection, the URLs will now change as each page is navigated - and include the padlock symbol in the …