Paperbacks?

The eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed that Amazon UK has paperback versions of Domino Island listed as available, along with the hardback and audiobook.

Actually it is only third-party sellers offering the paperback, not Amazon itself, and the reason is pretty straightforward. There is no official paperback yet and probably won’t be for another year or so (depending on sales figures).

So what are the six sellers (that we’ve counted so far) actually offering?

It is most likely they are selling the advance proof copies that were sent out to journalists and reviewers prior to the book being finalised and error-corrected. If this is so, these books might just be of interest to collectors. However until we get confirmation, here at Bagley Towers, we are just as confused as anyone else!

News Update

 1) Publication of the Audible audio-book has been brought forward at last, to the 11th May. Take a look: Domino Island Audible edition. 2) Martin Edwards, well-known and respected crime writer has posted a generous review of Domino Island. Check it out: Do You Write Under Your Own Name?  

Domino Island is Published!

We’ve been waiting a long time for this, but we’re finally happy to announce:

New novel ** Domino Island ** is now available to purchase from your favourite outlet. Post permitting it should also be dropping onto the doormats of readers who pre-ordered. 

After all the hard work of those involved it’s finally here! A previously undiscovered novel by our world-wide best-selling author is available to fans new and old. Such a very rare treat for all readers!!

A big thanks go out to:

HarperCollins Publishers UK

David Brawn

Michael Davies

& Philip Eastwood

Available now from Waterstones, Amazon.co.uk, Blackwell’s Bookshop and from thousands of independent local bookstores.

https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/author/cr-101971/desmond-bagley/

https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Domino-Island-by-Desmond-Bagley-author/9780008333010

https://www.waterstones.com/book/domino-island/desmond-bagley/michael-davies/9780008333010

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Domino-Island-unpublished-thriller-master/dp/0008333017/

https://thebagleybrief.com 

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our visitors a very - 

Merry Christmas and a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year.

2017 was a landmark year with the re-publication of all sixteen available novels. 2019 is set to be another with the publication for the first time in 34-years of a new book by the author. You can pre-order using the links in the previous post or make a note in your diary for the 16th May 2019.

We hope you have peaceful and enjoyable holidays and will come back soon, keen and refreshed for a new year that promises to be full of excitement for all fans new and old!

Enjoy the festivities.

Domino Island - New Cover Artwork

The new cover artwork for Domino Island is in the wild and the eagle-eyed among you may have spotted it on retailers web-sites such as Waterstones, Amazon, Apple iBooks and Google Play etc.

Publication date is the 16th May 2019 so order now and ensure you get your copy hot off the presses.

Links as follows:

https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780008333010/domino-island/

https://www.waterstones.com/book/domino-island/desmond-bagley/michael-davies/9780008333010

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Domino-Island-unpublished-thriller-master/dp/0008333017/

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Desmond_Bagley_Domino_Island_The_unpublished_thril?id=bMJ2DwAAQBAJ

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/domino-island/id1441626430?mt=11

BBC Radio Guernsey

This morning on BBC Radio Guernsey Both David Brawn from HarperCollins Publishers UK and Philip Eastwood of thebagleybrief.com website were talking with Jenny Kendall-Tobias about the new novel from Desmond Bagley due to be published next year.

You can catch-up later today on iPlayer once the show has finished. David and Phil's segment starts at about 11:38am, so just after 2-hours in.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0034m2m

STOP PRESS!

Great news announced today at the Frankfurt Book Fair is that a previously unreleased novel by Desmond Bagley - Domino Island - will be published by HarperCollins Publishers UK in May 2019 !

Thirty-six years after the author's passing, a new novel being published is a tremendous achievement. It is the result of tireless dedication and support of the author's work by David Brawn, the Estates Manager at the publisher. Given that David also works for the Agatha Christie and Tolkien estates, this is a tremendous recommendation and cannot be understated.

Big thanks must also go to Philip Eastwood of The Bagley Brief web-site for his own dogged, extensive, trans-Atlantic research in support of his own project The Bagley Legacy. As you'll remember from my earlier posts Philip made a very successful appearance at the Guernsey Literary Festival this year, promoting the author.

The ISBN has already been allocated so you should be able pre-order from your favourite web-store:

ISBN: 978-0008333010

... certainly it is listed on Amazon.

More news and a new Podcast will be available very soon. Watch this space!