For Nina, the trip around the world was the holiday of a lifetime. Her new friends were lively students but terrorism was the only degree attractive James Kiley was pursuing.
Helen MacInnes Books
October 7, 1907 – September 30, 1985
Helen MacInnes was a Scottish-American author of espionage novels, whose works delved into the intricate worlds of intrigue and international tension. Her writing was characterized by meticulous research and a knack for drawing readers into suspenseful plots. MacInnes masterfully wove thrilling narratives with psychological character studies. Her novels explored themes of betrayal, loyalty, and moral dilemmas within a global context.
Horizon
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
A thriller by the author of "North from Rome", "Prelude to Terror", "Snare of the Hunter", "Ride a Pale Horse", "Unconquerable" and "Message from Malaga".
Rest and Be Thankful
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
They were worlds apart. Sarah Bly, a sophisticated career woman on a chauffeur-driven tour of America with the wealthy Mrs Margaret Peel. Jim Brent, a tough, old-fashioned cowboy, ill at ease away from his rugged mountain ranch. Yet a wrong turn on a remote road in Wyoming unexpectedly brings them together. The discovery of the ranch house Rest and be Thankful opens Sarah’s eyes to the beauty of the West and makes the brash cynicism of the city seem irrelevant. After years of travelling the world, this idyllic place could be what she’s been searching for. But can two such different people every really overcome their differences and give in to love?
When Igor Insarov, KGB agent, meets an Auschwitz survivor who can identify him as an SS Colonel, he reacts with savage speed - within a day, his former victim is dead.
A game of espionage ... Fenner burned Rosenfeld's message, reminding himself wryly that he was behaving in the very best tradition. This was a game not too difficult to learn, he thought. A game? A game in deadly earnest. A vacation in Venice that was grim business. A girl constantly beside him who wasn't his. How the hell had he walked into this upside-down world? Where, he wondered suddenly, would Venice lead?
Just another routine overseas assignment. That's what successful young New York architect Ken Strang thought when a national travel magazine sent him to Europe to sketch Greek ruins. What he did not know, until it was too late, was that from the moment he boarded the ship, he had become the pawn in a murderous game of international intrigue.
New York art expert Colin Grant is sent to Vienna and bid on a priceless Old Master on behalf of a Texan millionaire. No sooner has Grant landed in Austria than his seemingly simple assignment turns into a nightmare, as he finds himself at the centre of a conspiracy to unleash a wave of international terrorism.
I and My True Love
- 313 pages
- 11 hours of reading
