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Hammond Innes

    July 15, 1913 – June 10, 1998

    Ralph Hammond Innes was a prolific English author whose thrillers often featured ordinary men thrust into extreme situations. His works were marked by meticulous explorations of environments, from arctic wastes to the perils of the open sea, with protagonists forced to rely on their wits rather than brute force. Innes frequently explored themes connected to maritime events and later developed an interest in ecological subjects. His ability to craft suspenseful narratives from common circumstances made him a notable figure in the thriller genre.

    Hammond Innes
    Air Bridge
    Maddon's Rock
    Hammond Innes' East Anglia
    Strode Venturer.
    The Strange Land
    Adventure Stories
    • 2021
    • 2021

      Cruise of Danger

      • 216 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Recognized for its cultural significance, this work contributes to the foundational knowledge of civilization. It has been chosen by scholars for its relevance and importance in understanding historical and societal contexts.

      Cruise of Danger
    • 2013

      The Lonely Skier

      • 176 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      3.8(80)Add rating

      WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STELLA RIMINGTONIt lies somewhere beneath the snow, high in the Dolomites: Nazi gold, tainted with the blood of murdered men. A tense battle of wits leads to an explosive finale in Innes' classic tale of revenge and deadly greed.

      The Lonely Skier
    • 2013

      The Wreck of the Mary Deare

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.9(37)Add rating

      The battered hulk of a huge ship looms out of the stinging spray of a furious gale. As Hammond Innes' classic tale moves from desperate struggles on the sea to a nail-biting courtroom controversy, the murky truth about the last voyage of the Mary Deare finally comes to light.

      The Wreck of the Mary Deare
    • 2002
    • 1996

      Delta Connection

      • 437 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      The first killing occurs in Constantza, the Romanian seaport on the Black Sea, but the next death happens a world away. At the heart of this thriller is the search for a missing woman - Vikki, the beautiful, adopted daughter of a dissident journalist.

      Delta Connection
    • 1994
    • 1992

      The last scribbled notes of a glaciologist found frozen to death on the shifting ice of the Weddell Sea become the fragile clues to a gruesome mystery, shrouded from the world by the ice and storms of Antarctica.

      Isvik
    • 1988

      Medusa

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.2(10)Add rating

      HMS Medusa is an obsolete frigate with an ill-assorted crew and an insecure captain. Why has she been dispatched under secret orders to be a sitting duck in one of the most vital ports of the Mediterranean? The author has written 27 novels including "The Lonely Skier" and "Campbell's Kingdom".

      Medusa