11 must-read adventure books like The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter by Desmond Bagley

Cover of The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter by Desmond Bagley

The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter

By: Desmond Bagley

4.07

Format: 540 pages, Kindle Edition

Double action thrillers by the classic adventure writer set in Italy and South America. THE GOLDEN…

If you liked the adventure plot in The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter by Desmond Bagley , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. HMS Ulysses

By: Alistair MacLean

4.07

Format: 467 pages, Paperback

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of act… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • adventure
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2. Bear Island

By: Alistair MacLean

3.60

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Reissue of the classic tale of adventure and death on a mysterious Arctic island, from the acclaime… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • adventure
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3. Avenger

By: Frederick Forsyth

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Attorney Calvin Dexter hangs his shingle in a quiet New Jersey town, has a reasonably successful pr… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Almost all great fortunes are based upon one cracking good idea and the guts to go with it"

-Frederick Forsyth, Avenger

"As he went down the steps to the street, something was troubling him. Something about the Vietcong officer, his face, the expression of frozen astonishment. At the end of the street passers-by turned…"

-Frederick Forsyth, Avenger

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4. A Town Like Alice

By: Nevil Shute

4.15

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

Nevil Shute's most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the… read more

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  • fiction
"It was a gambler's action, but his whole life had probably been made up of gambles; it could hardly be otherwise in the outback."

-Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice

"Men's souls are naturally inclined to covetousness; but if ye be kind towards women and fear to wrong them, God is well acquainted with what ye do."

-Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice

"People who spent the war in prison camps have written a lot of books about what a bad time they had," she said quietly, staring into the embers. "They don't know what it was like, not being in a camp."

-Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice

"It was so beautiful', he said. 'the Three Pagodas Pass must be one of the loveliest places in the world. you've got this broad valley with the river running down it, and the jungle forest, and the mo…"

-Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice

Cover of Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4) by Ian Fleming

5. Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

By: Ian Fleming

3.64

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

"Listen, Bond," said Tiffany Case. "It’d take more than Crabmeat Ravigotte to get me into bed with … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • adventure
"Ir ļoti skumji mazgāt ve­ļu, ja tajā nav neviena vīrieša krekla."

-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

"Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other."

-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

"Outside the bus the smell of sulphur hit Bond with sickening force. It was a horrible smell, from somewhere down in the stomach of the world."

-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

"Bond sat for a moment frozen to his chair. Suddenly, there flashed unwanted into his mind that most sinister line in poetry: 'They reckon ill who leave me out. When me they fly, I am the wings."

-Ian Fleming, Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

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6. The Satan Bug

By: Alistair MacLean

3.72

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here. HELL IS ABOUT TO BE UNLEASHED… Five stran… read more

Similar categories in Alistair MacLean's The Satan Bug book and Desmond Bagley's The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Alchemist's Secret (Ben Hope #1) by Scott Mariani

7. The Alchemist's Secret (Ben Hope #1)

By: Scott Mariani

3.97

Format: 486 pages, Paperback

Where there’s Hope there’s trouble… THE ALCHEMIST’S SECRET introduces hero Ben Hope, a former el… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • adventure
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8. No Comebacks

By: Frederick Forsyth , Ib Christiansen

3.82

Format: 199 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Here are ten suspenseful, serpentine stories of betrayal, blackmail, murder, and revenge... all cul… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Flame Bearer (The Saxon Stories, #10) by Bernard Cornwell

9. The Flame Bearer (The Saxon Stories, #10)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Britain is at an uneasy peace. After their bloody defeat of Danish-held East Anglia, the West Saxon… read more

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  • fiction
  • adventure
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10. Puppet on a Chain

By: Alistair MacLean

4.10

Format: 668 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic. Paul Sherman of Interpol's … read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • adventure
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11. The President's Daughter (Sean Dillon #6)

By: Jack Higgins

4.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • adventure
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12. Twilight

By: Peter James

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Three muffled thuds ring from the partially filled grave of the newly wed girl. Only the verger hea… read more

Similar categories in Peter James's Twilight book and Desmond Bagley's The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter

  • mystery
  • fiction

13. The Mugger (87th Precinct, #2)

By: Ed McBain

3.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

This mugger is special. He preys on women, waiting in the darkness...then comes from behind, attack… read more

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14. Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race, #4)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Six people reunite to remember beautiful Rosemary Barton, who died nearly a year before. The loving… read more

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15. Possession

By: Peter James

3.53

Format: 256 pages,

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16. Abattoir Blues (Inspector Banks, #22)

By: Peter Robinson

4.37

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Published in the United Kingdom and Canada as Abattoir Blues Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks i… read more

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17. Horse Under Water

By: Len Deighton

1.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The Ipcress File was a debut sensation. Here; in the second Secret File, Horse Under Water; skin di… read more

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18. Cop Hater (87th Precinct, #1)

By: Ed McBain

4.36

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

When Detective Reardon is found dead, motive is a big question mark. But when his partner becomes v… read more

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19. The Cobra

By: Frederick Forsyth

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary cutting-edge thriller from the New York Times-bestselling grandmaster of internati… read more

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20. Double Jeopardy (Tweed & Co. #1)

By: Colin Forbes

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

A British secret agent is found murdered on Lake Konstanz in Bavaria, with a neo-Nazi sign carved o… read more

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21. Night Probe! (Dirk Pitt, #6)

By: Clive Cussler

4.09

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]  In the midst of an international crisis, … read more

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22. The Secret Servant: A Gripping Spy Action Crime Thriller From a Master of the Spy Novel (Harry Maxim Spy Thrillers Book 1)

By: Gavin Lyall

4.02

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

A suicide at the Ministry of Defence. A hand grenade through the door of Number Ten. A Czech defect… read more

Similar categories in Gavin Lyall's The Secret Servant: A Gripping Spy Action Crime Thriller From a Master of the Spy Novel (Harry Maxim Spy Thrillers Book 1) book and Desmond Bagley's The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter

  • fiction
Cover of Sword of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #12) by Bernard Cornwell

23. Sword of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #12)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.42

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

An oath of loyalty. Two warring kings. A destiny he didn’t choose… England is in turmoil as Vi… read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Sword of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #12) book and Desmond Bagley's The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter

  • fiction
  • adventure
"I remember Ravn, the blind poet and father to Ragnar, often telling me that courage was like a horn of ale. “We begin with a full horn, boy,"

-Bernard Cornwell, Sword of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #12)

Cover of The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11) by Elly Griffiths

24. The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.20

Format: 384 pages, ebook

In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway series, she and DCI Nelson are haunted by a … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11) book and Desmond Bagley's The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of This is the Night They Come for You by Robert Goddard

25. This is the Night They Come for You

By: Robert Goddard

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

On a stifling afternoon at Police HQ in Algiers, Superintendent Taleb, coasting towards retirement,… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Crocodile Hunter: The spellbinding new thriller from the master of the genre (Jonas Merrick series) by Gerald Seymour

26. The Crocodile Hunter: The spellbinding new thriller from the master of the genre (Jonas Merrick series)

By: Gerald Seymour

4.01

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

'Compelling . . . almost Dickensian' The Times'The best thriller writer in the world' Daily Telegra… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Frenchman (The Frenchman #1) by Jack  Beaumont

27. The Frenchman (The Frenchman #1)

By: Jack Beaumont

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A gripping debut thriller based on the real-life experiences of a former French intelligence operat… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter by Desmond Bagley

28. The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter

By: Desmond Bagley

4.07

Format: 540 pages, Kindle Edition

Double action thrillers by the classic adventure writer set in Italy and South America. THE GOLDEN… read more

Similar categories in Desmond Bagley's The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter book and Desmond Bagley's The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Uncle Target: A Gripping Spy Action Crime Thriller from a Master of the Spy Novel (Harry Maxim Spy Thrillers Book 4) by Gavin Lyall

29. Uncle Target: A Gripping Spy Action Crime Thriller from a Master of the Spy Novel (Harry Maxim Spy Thrillers Book 4)

By: Gavin Lyall

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Televised as "The Secret Servant" this thriller features Major Harry Maxim whose mission to Jordan … read more

Similar categories in Gavin Lyall's Uncle Target: A Gripping Spy Action Crime Thriller from a Master of the Spy Novel (Harry Maxim Spy Thrillers Book 4) book and Desmond Bagley's The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter

  • fiction
Cover of Malik's Revenge (Alan Brodie Thrillers #1) by Les Haswell

30. Malik's Revenge (Alan Brodie Thrillers #1)

By: Les Haswell

4.02

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

Alan Brodie, a highly decorated former Special Forces operative in the British army, is a trained k… read more

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Cover of Blame the Dead: A Gripping and Stylish Thriller from a Master of the Genre (Gripping Action-Packed Thrillers) by Gavin Lyall

31. Blame the Dead: A Gripping and Stylish Thriller from a Master of the Genre (Gripping Action-Packed Thrillers)

By: Gavin Lyall

4.22

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

'FIRST-RATE THRILLER . . . MAINTAINS ITS PACE LIKE A HITCHCOCK MOVIE' Guardian ‘There was just the… read more

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