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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | Entrees | Home » » » » Above Suspicion by Helen MacInnes | | | | | | | Description: | | The award-winning debut World War II suspense thriller by beloved master storyteller Helen MacInnes. Frances Myles and her Oxford don husband hope to take one more European holiday before war breaks out. But when an old friend asks them to deliver a mysterious message abroad, they unwittingly become much more than tourists. The New Yorker called this novel "ingenious, startling, expertly done," when it was first published in 1941. Now out of print, this incredibly pulse-pounding tale of international intrigue is not available in bookstores. | | | Features: | |
• The award-winning debut World War II suspense thriller by beloved master storyteller Helen MacInnes.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Helen MacInnes | | Publisher:
| ImPress | | Publication Date:
| 2007 | | Package Length:
| 8.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 4 reviews |
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 CompellingJun 10, 2010
Helen MacInnes wrote this in 1939--absolutely amazing. True, her husband worked for MI5, but that she could so accurately describe the brutality of the Nazi Regime--if she knew back then, and she even wrote a book about it, even though it was a "fictional" novel, how could most of the world turn their backs and ignore what was going on? A very good novel for her first--compelling read, something that I can read more than once.
Outstanding WWII novelSep 03, 2009
This is one of the most outstanding espionage novels ever written. Small wonder it was a best seller in 1942. Helen MacInnes was unrivaled in her ability to put fictional characters and a exciting plot into current world events and political tensions, all woven into actual geographical backgrounds. Richard and Frances Myles are so life-like that you feel like you are there with them throughout their harrowing experiences in pre-war Europe. All of her novels were written in this fashion, but this is one of her best. I first read it in high school, and recently I pulled it out and read it again. And it was as exciting and entertaining as it was all those years ago. A great way to spend a quiet evening.
easy readingAug 08, 2009
this is an easy reading book..slow beginning, but very indept..almost like you were there , then the action starts and it is fast going after that.The book is bound in a nice cover..would make a nice gift; enjoyable n clean reading ..gives you an insight of what happened before hilter took over, the fear, the distrust of everyone..
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 Nazi spy thrillerApr 19, 2005
This was MacInnes's first thriller (and first published novel as far as I know). It was written during WW2, but it is about a spy adventure the summer prior to the invasion of Poland. A husband and wife team get recruited to check out a spy chain that has become suspect. At first things seem to be going well, but then they get identified by the Nazis and must flee for their lives.
Along the way they meet an American journalist and a British student, each of whom has their own reasons for wanting to strike a blow against the Nazis.
Many of the elements used in the story are typical of MacInnes's later, more polished, work. However, the story is more of an action-thriller than the romantic character-based thriller novels that MacInnes eventually became so good at writing.
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