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The Lonely Skier
Hammond Innes
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Description for The Lonely Skier
Paperback. It lies somewhere beneath the snow, high in the Dolomites: Nazi gold, tainted with the blood of murdered men. Only a few know its secrets, and one by one they come in search of it - a hot-tempered Italian Comtessa, a racketeering pimp, a Greek criminal, a film-maker and a hapless writer. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY STELLA RIMINGTON
It lies somewhere beneath the snow, high in the Dolomites: Nazi gold, tainted with the blood of murdered men. Only a few know its secrets, and one by one they come in search of it – a hot-tempered Italian Comtessa, a racketeering pimp, a Greek criminal, a film-maker and a hapless writer. A tense battle of wits leads to an explosive finale in Innes’ classic tale of revenge and deadly greed.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099577423
SKU
V9780099577423
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About Hammond Innes
Ralph Hammond Innes was born in Horsham, Sussex, on 15 July 1913 and educated at Cranbrook School, Kent. He left school aged eighteen, and worked successively in publishing, teaching and journalism. In 1936, in need of money in order to marry, he wrote a supernatural thriller, The Doppleganger, which was published in 1937 as part of a two-year, four book ... Read more
Reviews for The Lonely Skier
From the first page we are gripped by that sense of tension, mystery and urgency that Hammond Innes so well commands...Gains excitement with every chapter...the climax could not be more tense
Elizabeth Bowen First rate
Daily Telegraph
A superbly constructed and atmospheric thriller
Independent
Hammond Innes was a compulsive storyteller... he had an inborn ability ... Read more
Elizabeth Bowen First rate
Daily Telegraph
A superbly constructed and atmospheric thriller
Independent
Hammond Innes was a compulsive storyteller... he had an inborn ability ... Read more