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For Nina O'Connell, a trip round the world was the holiday of a lifetime. Travelling 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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Wonderful old mystery from (c) 1980 that could still be a part of today's headlines in 2018!
Within the folds of the mystery, there is also rich descriptive language that appeals to the reader's five senses and adds to the pleasures of reading in a very special way. Here's one small example...
"A cool afternoon made pleasant walking around the sweep of Potomac waters called the Tidal Basin. Unpoetic name, thought Renwick, for a romantic spot. The encircling cherry trees, even when touched by early November, had delicacy and grace. Yellowed leaves loosened their hold on black branches, drifted gently to the grass below. Soon, bare slender arms would stretch to a winter sky, wait patiently for spring to come and cover them in sleeves of show more white-petaled silk." show less
Within the folds of the mystery, there is also rich descriptive language that appeals to the reader's five senses and adds to the pleasures of reading in a very special way. Here's one small example...
"A cool afternoon made pleasant walking around the sweep of Potomac waters called the Tidal Basin. Unpoetic name, thought Renwick, for a romantic spot. The encircling cherry trees, even when touched by early November, had delicacy and grace. Yellowed leaves loosened their hold on black branches, drifted gently to the grass below. Soon, bare slender arms would stretch to a winter sky, wait patiently for spring to come and cover them in sleeves of show more white-petaled silk." show less
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For Nina, the trip around the world was the holiday of a lifetime. Her new friends were lively students but terrorism was the only degree attractive James Kiley was pursuing.
For Nina, the trip around the world was the holiday of a lifetime. Her new friends were lively students but terrorism was the only degree attractive James Kiley was pursuing.
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Helen MacInnes was born in Glasgow, Scotland on October 7, 1907. In 1928, she received a degree in French and German from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. She later studied at University College in London and worked as a librarian. She got married in 1932, moved to New York in 1937, and became an American citizen in 1952. In 1939, she began show more writing suspense novels and won the Columbia Prize for Literature in 1966. Many of her novels were adapted into movies including Above Suspicion, Assignment in Brittany, The Venetian Affair, and The Salzburg Connection. She died from the effects of a stroke on September 30, 1985 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Hidden Target
- Original title
- The Hidden Target
- Original publication date
- 1980
- People/Characters
- Robert Renwick; Nina O'Connell; Pierre Claudel; Erik (the terrorist)
- Important places
- Washington, D.C., USA; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (as Bombay, India); Istanbul, Turkey; London, England, UK; Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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- 392
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- 79,215
- Reviews
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- (3.35)
- Languages
- 5 — Dutch, English, Finnish, Spanish, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 21
- ASINs
- 15
