Prelude to Terror

Name: Prelude to Terror
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Helen MacInnes
ISBN: 9798200885404

Author: Helen MacInnes

Series: Robert Renwick Series #1

Narrator: Traber Burns

Unabridged: 13 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 04/12/2023

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Espionage, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

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 center of a conspiracy to unleash a wave of international terrorism.

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 Traber Burns

Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff

A good spy novel as art specialist gets involved in unexpected and unwanted cold war intrigue. I would have given this 4.5 stars (if I could), but I did not like the ending. Otherwise it is excellent. MacInnes was touted as the queen of spy novelists for over 40 years. She is excellent. Recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Thomas

I think this may be one of my favorite MacInnes thrillers.......more

Goodreads review by Anna

Oh this made me so FURIOUS! It is classic MacInnes in so many ways - excellent writing, tense, spot-on period and place details. And of course having terrorists poison spies in their apartment lobbies with nerve toxins isn't just for the 1960s and 70s anymore, it's still with us. So yes, read this b......more