The Lonely Skier - Softcover
Neil Blair is relishing an expenses-paid holiday in the Italian Dolomites, where he plans to finish his film script. All goes wrong, however, when he stumbles on the location of a hoard of buried Nazi gold. From then on, he faces a terrifying race for his life from a group of murderous criminals.
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"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 to relate a fast-moving narrative with a knack that drove the story on and kept the reader in rapt attention" (Scotsman)
"They say people can’t write stories anymore. Tell that to Hammond Innes" (Sunday Times)
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"First rate" (Daily Telegraph)
"A superbly constructed and atmospheric thriller" (Independent)
"Hammond Innes was a compulsive storyteller... he had an inborn ability to relate a fast-moving narrative with a knack that drove the story on and kept the reader in rapt attention" (Scotsman)
"They say people can’t write stories anymore. Tell that to Hammond Innes" (Sunday Times)
First published in 1947, this is a classic wartime adventure novel, later turned into an action adventure film...
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- PublisherPan Books
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0330342363
- ISBN 13 9780330342360
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased); pp. 228, [4 (pubs. advts.)]. A very good copy. [Neate X185: Thriller set in the Dolomites]. Seller Inventory # 026636
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