The Spoilers

Whereas Bagley’s preceding novels were adventure stories firmly grounded in the romantic tradition (excepting ‘Landslide’, which functions for most of its length as a small town melodrama), ‘The Spoilers’ feels more contemporary, more vehement. A film mogul’s daughter dies of an overdose and he pres......more

A very ordinary effort from Bagley. Starts off promisingly - with the outrage of a rich British father on the drug related death of his daughter. And then it takes a curious turn with a bunch of amateurs from around London trying to launch an unbelievable attack on the drug lords of Middle East. The......more

I enjoyed this book and it's setting in Lebanon, Tehran and Kurdistan and the hill country on the Iraq, Turkey, Iran border. The book was published in 197o, so the story is mostly set in this section of the middle east as it was 50 years ago. It was so much easier to move around the Middle East 50 y......more

A cracking tale (if a little dated in stats), which soars along and a rip roaring pace. Unusually for Bagley, he has two concurrent stories elements in the action phase, but it works supremely well and, as with all of his books, this is an thoroughly enjoyable read. Cracking stuff.......more

Faintly unbelievable, with 1970s antique attitudes. Jack Higgins does this kind of thriller better. Read April 2022 Another one for bookmooch.com......more