Snare of the Hunter, Helen MacInnes
Snare of the Hunter, Helen MacInnes
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Snare of the Hunter

Author: Helen MacInnes

Narrator: Gabrielle de Cuir

Unabridged: 12 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/12/2023

Synopsis

Irina Kusak’s recently divorced husband, Jiri Hrádek, is a high-ranking official in the Czechoslovakian secret police: cruel, ambitious, utterly ruthless. So when he turns a blind eye to her defection to the west, she is uneasy. Aided in her escape by a group of friends, including David Mennery, an American with whom she once had a passionate affair, Irina begins to feel herself truly free. But soon their journey becomes a nightmare. It becomes clear that Hrádek only allowed Irina to defect in order to bait a trap for her father, a world-famous author living in secrecy in the west, but when she refuses to lead Hrádek to his quarry, Irina herself becomes his prime target.As Hrádek closes in and Irina’s life hangs in the balance, David Mennery is drawn into a desperate fight to protect her and finds himself once more falling deeply in love …

About Helen MacInnes

Helen MacInnes (1907–1985) was a Scottish-American author of espionage novels. Dubbed “the queen of spy writers,” her books have sold more than twenty-five million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over twenty-two languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).

About Gabrielle de Cuir

Gabrielle de Cuir, an Audie and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dorcas

3.5 Stars I often find it difficult to rate mysteries because in my usual rating system, four stars means "I will reread it" whereas five stars means "I have to have it". Well, this kept me engrossed which should mean more than three stars but I can't see myself rereading it and although I own it I pr......more

Goodreads review by Bill

I don't believe I've ever read anything by Helen MacInnes before but after The Snare of the Hunter, I know I will search for more of her work. This was such a well-written, nail-biting thriller. Basically, the premise is that, set in the Cold War period, a Czech national is smuggled out of Communist......more

Goodreads review by Hilda

My reading project this year is to re-read all of Helen MacInnes's books. Or perhaps it will become a two-year project, because I also want to read other books. Ms. MacInnes is a master of the WWII era and cold-war era suspense genre. Even though I have read her books before, they send me to the atl......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

This cold war espionage tale was a big hit when released in 1974. For almost forty years MacInnes was a major novelist. She wrote very precisely and often pitted the untrained, intelligent amateur against the trained, not so bright professionals. She almost always included a love interest. I miss he......more

Goodreads review by Ron

Of the books by Helen MacInnes, I have read this is the best one. Irina Kusak escapes from Czechoslovakia to find her father. She carries with her notebooks that her Father had written and hidden away that would destroy many in the high ranks of Czechoslovakia's government. She is aided in her escap......more

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