Iceland & espionage fiction – The Bagley Brief

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Bagley & The Brotherhood

on May 20, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang - Mike Ripley. Cover illustration from 'When Eight Bells Toll' © HarperCollins Publishers 1981 and The Brotherhood by Alan Williams © Endeavour Press.

The Bagley Brief takes a moment to review Mike Ripley's recently released book Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. The Brotherhood, by Alan Williams, also gets a mention.

The Chill Factor

on April 28, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief

Icelandophiles who enjoyed Desmond Bagley’s novel Running Blind may well enjoy the 1971 thriller The Chill Factor written by Derek Lambert, writing as Richard Falkirk.

The Running Blind Archive

on April 26, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief

Desmond Bagley's Running Blind - Visit the archive on The Bagley Brief.

Take a few moments to browse The Bagley Brief's Running Blind archive, there is much to discover about Desmond Bagley’s seventh published novel, a Cold War espionage thriller set in Iceland.