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| Author | Hammond Innes |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Publisher | Collins |
Publication date | 1962 |
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Attack Alarm is a 1941 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. It was inspired by the author's own experience as an anti-aircraft gunner at RAF Kenley during the Battle of Britain. It was published in the United States the following year by Macmillan.
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The Trojan Horse is a 1940 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. A London lawyer decides to help a German inventor suspected of murder.
The Angry Mountain is a 1950 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. An Englishman still tortured by his wartime experiences, gets drawn into intrigue in Czechoslovakia and Italy.
Air Bridge is a 1951 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes.
The Strange Land is a 1954 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. It was released in the United States by Knopf under the alternative title The Naked Land.
The Land God Gave to Cain is a 1958 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. It was released in the United States by the publishers Knopf. After a plane crash in a remote part of Labrador, a British pilot heads out to investigate based on some radio messages his father has overheard.
Golden Soak is a 1973 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. It was adapted into a 1979 Australian television series of the same title.
North Star is a 1974 British thriller novel by Hammond Innes. A man tries to prevent a plot to blow up a North Sea oil rig.
The Doomed Oasis is a 1960 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. A solicitor helps a young man to travel to the Arabian peninsula to find his father, a famous oil prospector Colonel Charles Whitaker.
The Black Tide is a 1982 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. It was published in America the following year by Doubleday. After his wife dies following the wreck of an oil tanker on the Cornish coast, a former merchant seamen investigates.
Solomon's Seal is a 1980 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. It was published in the United Kingdom by Collins and in the United States by Knopf.
The Big Footprints is a 1977 thriller novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. A British television director, Colin Tait, representing the BBC and his American counterpart, Abe Finkel, representing CBS, get drawn into a battle between two old rivals in Kenya. Alex Kirby-Smith is a hunter with a government contract to cull elephants so the land can be used for cattle and crops, while his rival, Cornelius van Delden, is trying to preserve the elephants. Since there is a drought, van Delden feels that there is no need for culling the herd, while Kirby-Smith is determined to fulfill his government contract. Tait wants to enlist van Delden to take him to a mountain called Porr on the east shore of Lake Rudolf to investigate some rumored ancient rock dwellings, while Finkel is enamored with elephants, so convinces Tait to let him tag along. The inevitable clash between van Delden and Kirby-Smith leads to murders, both human and animal.
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