The Freedom Trap

I loved this 1971 book as a child in the 80s. I mislaid my much read copy years ago and then found a copy recently in a second hand book shop. What a treat! This story has survived re-reading remarkably well and (as has been pointed out by others) does so without all the modern gimmicks of mobile ph......more

Desmond Bagley was one of a great generation of post-war British thriller writers that included the likes of Hammond Innes, Gavin Lyall and Alistair MacLean. This very masculine genre features resourceful heroes ensnared in criminal plots or espionage intrigues, often in foreign climes, surviving by......more

One of Desmond Bagley's later works, The Freedom Trap is a pretty straightforward adventure story. Stannard is a shadowy secret agent recruited by Mackintosh, who is the head of something-or-other in British Intelligence - exactly what he does and what his role is and how he fits with the official p......more

An unusual book for an unusual 2-book series about the spy, Slade. He's not the main character of the series. He's the antagonist in Running Blind and a supporting character this follow-up book. This gives the series an odd feel. More so in this book than Running Blind. This book has an odd structur......more