Flyaway

by Desmond Bagley

Book Overview

Action thriller by the classic adventure writer about security consultant, Max Stafford, set in the Sahara. Why is Max Stafford, security consultant, beaten up in his own office? What is the secret of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449243206
• ISBN13: 9780449243206
• Release Date: September 1980
• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Flyaway.....dear reader

Well....I'd put it down to the most exilarating book i've read.....sends u travelling in ur seat and makes u love the desert. love it for the feeling of "on the road" i get everytime i read it...

Action, adventure, and a convoluted puzzle.

As with all of Desmond Bagley's books, this one has plenty of action and adventure, plenty of exotic locations that Bagley handles as if he'd lived there for his whole life, and interesting yet plausible characters handled deftly and smoothly; like almost all of his novels, this one also has a puzzle that keeps the reader guessing for the whole book. If there's a flaw with it at all, it's that he withholds a bit of the information that his main character has for just a chapter or two, so that the reader has no chance of solving the puzzle before the main character spells out the solution. But that's a small price to pay for this delightful book, and I highly recommend it as I do most of Bagley's ouvre.

a romantic thriller

All most a poetic book, the story reflects the romanticism of a sandy desert. An engrossing story captures the imagination of the reader and sends him/her right into the wild, slow, serene yet harsh desert. Fast paced action starts from the first page in London spreads quickly to Sahara in search of a pre WW2 airplane with a hope of lost glory and comes back to London for the O'Henrian climax. The characters of the story are alive and easy to relate to and linger for a long time. One of the best and a must read. The best Bagley that I have read.

A terrific, thrilling search for a man and a plane!

Desmond Bagley comes up with yet another excellent and informative novel about an unhinged man going to the Sahara to find his father's plane. He worships his father yet wishes that he is dead so that his name remains clean. The security consultant of his company finds his disappearance from London fishy and investigates. An attack on him makes him even more determined to find Paul Billson, the missing man. Then Max Stafford, the security consultant follows Billson's trail all over north Africa with the help of a local Luke Bryne. The search becomes more and more dangerous as someone is hell bent on preventing the discovery of the plane. Finally the exciting finish in London where Max nails down the villain. A wonderful book as thrilling as it is informative. One of the best books I have read, and definitely a collector's item.

Modern-day search for pilot missing in Sahara since the '30s

One of the very best books I've read! "Flyaway" retraces the course of a pilot who disappeared while on a race over the Sahara Desert in the '30s. It's nearly 50 years later, and documents are found that suggest the disappearance might not have been accidental, and the family wants to find out the truth. Bagley creates yet another reluctant hero eventually finds the missing pilot's airplane beautifully preserved in the dry desert air - and the unwanted attention of those who wish the disappearance to remain a mystery. All this after a captivating journey along desert caravan routes and some time-travel between "then" and "now." It's a great story, well written .. what more can I say?