Bahama Crisis

Although it was written in 1980, Bahama Crisis by Desmond Bagley describes a side of life in the Bahamas that may still sound familiar. When a wealthy Bahamanian executive joins forces with an old friend to grow his tourism businesses, his life immediately becomes more complicated. His wife and daughter disappear at sea and his various enterprises seem to be sabotaged to discourage tourists from coming to the Bahamas. The action is fast-paced, with questions of murder, terrorism, and the importance of tourism to the Bahamas. A page-turner.

Murder and shady business deals in the Bahamas spill over into mainland america when a daughter of a famous business empire is kidnapped. Fortunetly the anti-capitalists from russia are defeated. Readable but hardly believable. Light fiction for a quick read.

The problem with thrillers -- even ones by a pro like Bagley -- is that you don't know till the Big Reveal whether they are going to work or not. In this case: NO.

(On the other hand, I love well-traveled books, and this is my prize so far: A British paperback to begin with, it has a stamp on the endpaper showing that it passed through a used book store in -- Bangkok! No doubt purchased there by someone who needed something to read on the long flight to Washington DC, where I found it in a thrift shop.)

A dismal effort from an otherwise a good thriller writer. The plot starts in the 2nd gear and remains the same throughout.

In my opinion, [b:Wyatt's Hurricane|129828|Wyatt's Hurricane|Desmond Bagley|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171989517s/129828.jpg|3098688] and [b:The Golden Keel|129833|The Golden Keel|Desmond Bagley|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171989521s/129833.jpg|125045] are his better books (I have read only 4 of his books).

Enjoyable first person thriller set in the Bahamas. Quite lightweight.

NIL

Centraal in Bahama Crisis staat Tom Magnan, een steenrijke ondernemer met als basis voor zijn financiële transacties de weelderige Bahama-eilanden, belastingvrije paradijzen in een azuurblauwe Caraïbische Zee.

Tom Magnan staat op het punt de handelstransactie van zijn leven af te sluiten wanneer er plotseling een serie geheimzinnige aanslagen wordt gepleegd, op zijn hotels en die van anderen. Een sinistere organisatie probeert hem financieel te ruïneren, en Magnan merkt al gauw dat ook zijn leven groot gevaar loopt.

Hij besluit het op een rechtstreekse confrontatie met deze gangsters te laten aankomen. En dan ontwikkeld zich een ultraspannend drama van dreiging en geweld en van razendsnelle actie, te land, ter zee en in de lucht.