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Originally Posted by Kieran Seymour
The Golden Keel / The Vivero Letter - collection of two Desmond Bagley books, free at Amazon UK.
THE GOLDEN KEEL
When the Allies invaded southern Italy in 1943, Mussolini's personal treasure was moved north to safety under heavily armed guard. It was never seen again. Now, an expedition plans to unearth the treasure and smuggle it out of Italy. But their reckless mission is being followed - by enemies who are as powerful and ruthless as they are deadly…
THE VIVERO LETTER
Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is blasted apart when his brother is murdered. The killer was after a family heirloom - an antique gold tray - which sets Wheale on a trail from Devon to the tropical rainforest of Yucatan. There he joins the hunt for a lost Mayan city. But in the dense cover of the jungle a band of vicious convict mercenaries are waiting to strike…
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It's $1.99 in the US:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TU1QDY
You can also pick it up at Kobo (HarperCollins - not couponable):
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebo...-vivero-letter
I've never read Bagley, but I've intended to remedy this gap as a mystery/thriller aficianado. Bagley is important in the genre:
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Along with fellow British writers such as Hammond Innes and Alistair MacLean, Bagley established the basic conventions of the genre: a tough, resourceful, but essentially ordinary hero pitted against villains determined to sow destruction and chaos in order to advance their agenda. - Wikipedia
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This is a good chance to read two highly rated books from a master of the genre for little financial investment.
The Golden Keel was Bagley's first novel published in 1963.
The Vivero Letter was published in 1968 and made into a film of the same name.