Helen MacInnes Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

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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".

Intermezzo in Prag - bk338; Bastei Lübbe Verlag; Helen MacInnes; pocket_book; 1987

1951. De Koreaanse oorlog is in volle gang, de Koude Oorlog is op een hoogtepunt. In Washington worden alle regeringsfunctionarissen op hun betrouwbaarheid onderzocht, want men is doodsbang voor spionage. In deze sfeer van spanning en achterdocht keert de Tsjechische Jan Brovic, zes jaar eerder uit Amerika vertrokken, terug. In de tweede wereldoorlog vocht hij aan de zijde van de Amerikanen tegen de nazi's en was hij bij alle leidende figuren in Washington een geziene gast. Nu wordt hij echter door iedereen gemeden, want Jan is gekomen als lid van een Tsjechische regeringsmissie, en Tsjechoslowakije is sinds kort communistisch. Alleen de mooie Sylvia Plydell, getrouwd met een van de belangrijkste mannen in Washington, weet dat Jan uitsluiten naar Amerika is gekomen om haar terug te zien - maar hun liefde lijkt nog uitzichtlozer dan zes jaar gelezen.

When Karen Cornell, a beautiful journalist on assignment in Czechoslovakia, agrees to help a would-be defector by carrying top-secret documents to Washington, she is pulled into an astonishing web of terrorism, political assassination, blackmail, espionage, and treason in the highest levels of both superpowers. One false move could cost Karen her life -- and throw the world into violent war.

When Bob Renwick of Interintell, a counter-terrorist agency, discovers his name on the Minus List, it is just the beginning of a riveting tale of suspense that sweeps from London to New York, Washington, Paris, Chamonix, Amsterdam, Zurich, and exotic Djibouti. An international munitions firm is secretly operating training camps for terrorists and supplying everything necessary for violent subversion. It is a hidden and hideous force threatening freedom everywhere. It must be stopped, by a man marked as its victim.

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.

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.

Agentenkrieg - bk961; Blanvalet Verlag; Helen MacInnes; Paperback; 1976

Een Amerikaan die denkt een paar rustige dagen in Spanje te zullen doorbrengen, raakt ongewild verwikkeld in een strijd tussen de geheime diensten van de Verenigde Staten en Rusland.

Napínavý příběh prvních dnů 2. svět. války. Čtenář s napětím sleduje líčení dramatického příchodu špiona do rodiny, do prostředí malé bretaňské vesničky, kde má vystupovat jako jeden její obyvatel, zajatý v Anglii. Díky veliké podobě obou se mu podaří oklamat vesničany i přátele, jen matka a milenka sedláka, jehož místo zaujímá, prohlédnou jeho přestrojení. Přesto se však stanou jeho spojenkyněmi a spolubojovnicemi, když v něm najdou stejného antifašistu jako jsou samy. Kniha je po literární stránce místy poněkud naivní, je však psána s velkou dávkou osobního prožitku.

"A master of the suspense novel." THE BOSTON GLOBE It began very innocently. A holiday visit to Poland. But before enojoying the sights and sounds of this fascinating new place, happiness took a violent turn and became a nightmare of terror...when suddenly you're mistaken for a Nazi spy, and to save your life, you have to prove you are innocent.

Nazi Germany, 1939. Von Aschenhausen sat on the edge of a large desk, his eyes fixed on the man standing over the girl roped to a chair. You fool. You stupid little fool. Can't you see I must, I will find out? My patience is limited. Kurt, try some more of your persuasion. The girl felt a hand of iron on her aching shoulder...

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?

A phone call prompts Bill Lammiter, a young American playwright, to follow a former girlfriend to Rome. There Lammiter saves a mysterious Italian girl from a beating. A kidnapping, a battle in a Renaissance villa, a shrewd gamekeeper, a chance snapshot and a touring preppy contribute to the excitement and suspense of this Cold War thriller.

Gevaarlijke avonturen in Griekenland van een Amerikaanse architect die betrokken raakt bij de uiteindelijke afrekening tussen twee groepen oud-verzetsstrijders.