North from Rome
By (Author) Helen Macinnes
Titan Books Ltd
Titan Books Ltd
1st January 2013
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.52
Paperback
400
Width 131mm, Height 197mm, Spine 27mm
227g
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.
"A sophisticated thriller. The story builds up to an exciting climax." (TLS)"
Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).