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The scene is Vienna, where an American art expert, Colin Grant, has been dispatched by a Texas millionaire to buy a painting by the Dutch master Ruysdael. He is instructed to get the painting "at any cost" but to keep his employer's name a secret. This seemingly simple assignment turns into a nightmare for Grant as he finds himself in the center of a conspiracy to unleash bloody international terrorismThe art world meets cloak-and-dagger intrigue in this Cold War thriller. A triumph of pacing from a veteran of the genre.
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Prelude to Terror, Helen MacInnes
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- Released
- 1978
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- Title
- Prelude to Terror
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Helen MacInnes
- Publisher
- Fontana
- Released
- 1978
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0006156924
- ISBN13
- 9780006156925
- Series
- Robert Renwick
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
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- The scene is Vienna, where an American art expert, Colin Grant, has been dispatched by a Texas millionaire to buy a painting by the Dutch master Ruysdael. He is instructed to get the painting "at any cost" but to keep his employer's name a secret. This seemingly simple assignment turns into a nightmare for Grant as he finds himself in the center of a conspiracy to unleash bloody international terrorismThe art world meets cloak-and-dagger intrigue in this Cold War thriller. A triumph of pacing from a veteran of the genre.