Above Suspicion

by Helen MacInnes

Book Overview

Richard and Frances Myles are preparing for their annual European summer vacation in 1939 when they are visited at their Oxford college by old friend Peter Galt, who has a seemingly simple job for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B0013FW40U
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: READERS DIGEST @
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Compelling

Helen MacInnes wrote this in 1939--absolutely amazing. True, her husband worked for MI5, but that she could so accurately describe the brutality of the Nazi Regime--if she knew back then, and she even wrote a book about it, even though it was a "fictional" novel, how could most of the world turn their backs and ignore what was going on? A very good novel for her first--compelling read, something that I can read more than once.

Outstanding WWII novel

This is one of the most outstanding espionage novels ever written. Small wonder it was a best seller in 1942. Helen MacInnes was unrivaled in her ability to put fictional characters and a exciting plot into current world events and political tensions, all woven into actual geographical backgrounds. Richard and Frances Myles are so life-like that you feel like you are there with them throughout their harrowing experiences in pre-war Europe. All of her novels were written in this fashion, but this is one of her best. I first read it in high school, and recently I pulled it out and read it again. And it was as exciting and entertaining as it was all those years ago. A great way to spend a quiet evening.

easy reading

this is an easy reading book..slow beginning, but very indept..almost like you were there , then the action starts and it is fast going after that.The book is bound in a nice cover..would make a nice gift; enjoyable n clean reading ..gives you an insight of what happened before hilter took over, the fear, the distrust of everyone..