North from Rome, Helen MacInnes
North from Rome, Helen MacInnes
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North from Rome

Author: Helen MacInnes

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 12 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/12/2022

Synopsis

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 and the fat is in the fire. 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.

About Helen MacInnes

Helen MacInnes (1907–1985) was a Scottish-American author of espionage novels. Dubbed “the queen of spy writers,” her books have sold more than twenty-five million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over twenty-two languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).

About David Colacci

David Colacci is an actor and director who has directed and performed in prominent theaters nationwide. His credits include roles from Shakespeare to Albee, as well as extensive work on new plays. As a narrator, he has won numerous Earphones Awards, earned Audie Award nominations, and been included in Best Audio of the Year lists by such publications as Publishers Weekly, AudioFile magazine, and Library Journal. He was a resident actor and director with the Cleveland Play House for eight years and has been artistic director of the Hope Summer Rep Theater since 1992.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate

I picked this up at a library sale recently. Having read it during a pregnancy many years ago, I wondered if it held up. Sort of, it is a diversion, a spy novel of the old sort, with charming characters, about the drug trade in the 1950's. MacInnes is a lady writer of the old school, whose idea of r......more

Goodreads review by Donna

Spy novelist, Helen McInnes, is back with the re-release of her 1950s stories of espionage, communists, and the Cold War. Plots are more realistic than Bond and the travel writing is great. I'm glad to see the books back in attractive print and ebook. Typical of the author's times, the villains are......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

Even a lesser MacInnes is still quite good. This one features a young playwright roaming around Italy chasing his ex-girl, trying to save her from a Communist drug dealer. Not quite enough action to be one of her great books, but still okay. Recommend to MacInness' fans.......more

Goodreads review by Judith

It's nice to know that people are still reading Helen MacInnes' spy thrillers. This one tells about Bill Lammiter who travels to Rome to win his ex-fiancee, Eleanor, back. While there, he becomes involved with a drug trafficing gang whose leader is Eleanor's new fiancee. Will he be able to help roun......more

Goodreads review by Greer

Helen MacInnes' stories deal with mystery, intrigue and sometimes murder, usually based in Europe. There is usually a young man who saves a young girl from danger and they end up in love. This story follows the formula and is set in Italy. Quite readable and entertaining.......more

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