The Hidden Target, Helen MacInnes
The Hidden Target, Helen MacInnes
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The Hidden Target

Author: Helen MacInnes

Narrator: Traber Burns

Unabridged: 14 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/12/2023

Synopsis

For Nina O’Connell, a trip round the world was the holiday of a lifetime. Traveling in a group led by the attractive James Kiley and his friend Tony Shawfield, she is surprised when she runs into an old flame on a sunny Amsterdam street. But Robert Renwick, ex-army major attached to NATO, is not there by chance. He is on the hunt for two terrorists who have left a trail of bombings and murder in their wake, and now he must keep Nina safe while trying to discover their next target.Soon Nina is caught up in a grim game of life or death that stretches from the back streets of Bombay to the highest reaches of Washington’s political elite.

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 John on August 24, 2016

I read two or three of MacInnes's novels in the 1970s or perhaps the early 1980s, and enjoyed them. I'm not sure why I didn't carry on to read more of her work. Perhaps there was just too much other good stuff around at the time; I know that in the early 1980s I began bingeing on the old green Pengu......more

Goodreads review by Gerald on June 28, 2012

Two American girls Nina and Madge just finishing their educational pursuits in London are ready for some adventure before they return home. They soon find themselves as two of eight members about to set off in a large camper for a trip around the world. Six of the eight including the girls are “inno......more

Goodreads review by Kate on August 06, 2017

Exciting spy novel I read these books many years ago, and am enjoying re-reading them again. In light of the growth of terrorism in the world it is interesting to see what I was oblivious to all those years ago. I now, unfortunately, understand what terrorism is and anarchy and the differences and sim......more

Goodreads review by Julia on July 06, 2013

Nina O'Connell is a twenty-one year old American art student in London who is invited on a round-the-world trip by a man who appears to be in love with her. Robert Renwick is an intelligence officer with NATO, whose new project is to set up an international intelligence organization to fight terroris......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on April 18, 2016

I'm nearing the end of my quest to read all of Helen MacInnes's books in order. This was another strong title. It's amazing how modern these feel.......more

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