The Double Image, Helen MacInnes
The Double Image, Helen MacInnes
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The Double Image

Author: Helen MacInnes

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 12 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/12/2022

Synopsis

While carrying out research in Paris, American historian John Craig is surprised when he runs into his old college professor. Sussman is a worried man. A survivor of Auschwitz, he in shock, having seen and been seen by one of the Nazis who tortured him in the camp. But SS Colonel Berg has been dead for ten years—or has he? Before Craig can help solve the riddle, Sussman is found dead and Craig is being questioned by the police. As various international organizations are drawn into the hunt for Sussman’s killer, he realizes that the ex-Nazi is far more than just a wanted war criminal.Soon Craig’s search for the truth takes him from Paris to the island of Mykonos, where he must unmask a dangerous and powerful foe.

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 Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy on March 09, 2023

This was the #5 bestseller in 1966. Apparently Helen MacInnes wrote a slew of novels in the mid 20th century though I had not read her before. The Double Image is a Cold War spy story with many characters. MI6, CIA and the French police are working to solve the reappearance of a Nazi war criminal, th......more

Goodreads review by Greer on October 02, 2013

A typical HM murder mystery set in Europe, this time involving a former German extermination camp guard who was presumed dead at the end of the war but is recognized in Paris by one of his former inmates. Now a Russian agent, the German kills the former prisoner, now a professor and a former student......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on March 03, 2015

I loved Helen MacInness when I was in high school. The book held up well on re-reading it so many years later. Good plot, likeable characters, great locations, and good writing. I'm setting myself a goal - to read all of her books in the order they were written. With luck I'll be able to find them a......more

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