Danger was like cholera: it had an unguessable way of spreading. Eh? I take it that risk assessments are not high on the agenda of the agents in this story. Nor does this statement consider the limitations imposed on a waterborne bacterium... Anyway, this book is not for me. The characters read l...
I was pretty sure that were a few MacInnes titles that I hadn't read - the difficulty is that I read the bulk of her work so long ago that I can't be sure, unless it's a book that I've reread in the last few years. I had convinced myself that I had read this one - the setting in Greece seemed like...
Whichever way you added up your plans, you should always leave a margin on either side for luck. This was my first experience of MacInnes' work and I am delighted to say that I am looking forward to reading more of her books. It appears that I have found a new series of books to sink into when I ne...
Memorial Day Weekend -- Labor Day 2018 The Books: Fiction Eric Ambler: The Mask of Dimitrios (new / print) **** Phyllis Bottome: The Lifeline (new / ebook-to-printed-PDF) ***1/2 John le Carré: The Tailor of Panama (revisited on audio, narrated by the author) ****1/2 Agatha Christie: N or M? (revis...
Just a quick review of this one before I head out to work! The MC of this one is Ian Ferrier, who is visiting a friend in Malaga, goes to see some flamenco and become embroiled in danger after his friend, who is working for the CIA, is murdered by some spies. This is classic MacInnes - well-render...
Are doomed to repeat it. I grew up reading the spy novels of Helen MacInnes, so reading them is a definite comfort read for me, even with their outdated gender stereotypes and often frustratingly regressive relationships. Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only one who remembers the Cold War, given our...
A Cold War era story of defection, featuring some intelligent, capable, brave women as lead characters. What's more, this is a thriller written by a woman writer! Seriously, what's not to like? It's a Cold War game of cat-and-mouse, and our protagonists receive very little respite from their app...
bookshelves: radio-4x, wwii, published-1941, summer-2011, spies, mystery-thriller Read from June 20 to 24, 2011 ** spoiler alert ** Apparently this was made into a film in 1943blurb - Frances and Richard Myles are newlyweds honeymooning in Europe on the eve of World War II. Unexpectedly, they fi...
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