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Spoilers [Bagley, Desmond] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Spoilers Review: Masterful Bagley Yarns! - The Spoilers started slowly for me. It begins with the death of a British tycoon's daughter caused by a heroin overdose. Drug overdoses turn me off, personally. The story picked up speed as it went on and seemed believable enough. Using the cover of the advance party for shooting a movie, the tycoon sends a team of specialists into the Middle East to destroy a huge shipment of heroin that he has gotten wind of. The action picks up rapidly and I won't spoil it for anyone who enjoys a good action adventure read. Juggernaut is also action packed, but takes place in a fictitious oil-rich African country where westerners transporting heavy equipment to the oil field are caught up in a civil war. The juggernaut is the heavy duty platform which hauls a 300 ton transformer for a power plant at the oil field. When their way is blocked , they are forced to seek refuge in a neighboring country. The problem is getting to the border. I think I enjoyed this one more than The Spoilers, but again, it's two good reads for the price of one! Review: Interesting stories - The Spoilers was a very good book and was realistic. However Juggernaut was hard to read and was not very realistic.
| Best Sellers Rank | #121,063 in Mysteries (Books) #384,785 in Literature & Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (448) |
| ISBN-10 | 0745140335 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0745140339 |
| Item Weight | 1 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Publication date | January 1, 1992 |
| Publisher | Chivers Audio Books |
M**L
Masterful Bagley Yarns!
The Spoilers started slowly for me. It begins with the death of a British tycoon's daughter caused by a heroin overdose. Drug overdoses turn me off, personally. The story picked up speed as it went on and seemed believable enough. Using the cover of the advance party for shooting a movie, the tycoon sends a team of specialists into the Middle East to destroy a huge shipment of heroin that he has gotten wind of. The action picks up rapidly and I won't spoil it for anyone who enjoys a good action adventure read. Juggernaut is also action packed, but takes place in a fictitious oil-rich African country where westerners transporting heavy equipment to the oil field are caught up in a civil war. The juggernaut is the heavy duty platform which hauls a 300 ton transformer for a power plant at the oil field. When their way is blocked , they are forced to seek refuge in a neighboring country. The problem is getting to the border. I think I enjoyed this one more than The Spoilers, but again, it's two good reads for the price of one!
A**R
Interesting stories
The Spoilers was a very good book and was realistic. However Juggernaut was hard to read and was not very realistic.
D**G
Two Great Adventure-Thrillers for the price of one!
Desmond Bagley is a Grand-Master of the Adventure-Thriller Genre. As such, he stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of Alistair MacLean, Duncan Kyle, Helen MacInnis, and Hammond Innis. In a review of one of Bagley’s books, MacLean wrote, “He writes better than I do.” In these “two-fers” you get two great thrillers for the piece of one. A GREAT deal and a GREAT read!
D**E
Dated
A good read, but like all of Desmond Bagley's books, now very dated.
P**W
50-50
The Spoilers was vintage Desmond Bagley; engrossing, thrilling and believable. Juggernaut not so much.
L**N
Review for All Bagley Paired books
I love Bagley having read him back in the 70s/80s. This series of "2 for" books is excellent value and the pairings make great sense. I would LOVE for Audible to create a paired audio version of these books.
X**X
Four Stars
I read these books 30+ years ago. This is the second time around.
R**T
Five Stars
Good read must read in order.
P**H
Thriller novels
D**E
Desmond Bagley was one of the best writers that you could wish to read, straight into the plot from the start and twists all the way through any of his books, not only these ones but any that he has written, my advice is get them all and read them, if you enjoy action adventure, Every book is different, hard to believe that the same auther has written them all ,The hours that must have been put into the writing of each book is unbelievable. As I have said read all his novels, you will not be disappointed.
A**A
A good read.
G**D
Good read
G**E
A doctor a business mogul and an assorted bunch of good guys go after the drug barons in a story that's " tall " but believable and overall a good story, not his best, but enjoyable for all that........it might be old fashioned, but it's good to see the bad guys get a bloody nose.... Juggernaut, a story set in Africa, with the good guys in fairly plentiful supply, fighting whatever is thrown at them. A believable story that cuts along at a decent pace and overall a decent enough story, worth the reading