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Desmond bagley was a british journalist and a bestselling novelist in the crime thriller genre. To be sure, none of them wrote the 800 page brainkillers that became popular in the 80s. Along with fellow british writers such as hammond innes and alistair maclean, bagley set the basic conventions for the genre. Established in 2004, we have over 500,000 books in stock. It all begins with a simple errand a package to deliver. Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in iceland.
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