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Name: Prelude to Terror

Author: Helen MacInnes
Year: 1978
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Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense

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ISBNs:
9781781163368
1781163367

The scene is Vienna, where an American art expert, Colin Grant, has been dispatched by a Texas millionaire to buy a painting by the Dutch master Ruysdael. He is instructed to get the painting "at any cost" but to keep his employer's name a secret. This seemingly simple assignment turns into a nightmare for Grant as he finds himself in the center of a conspiracy to unleash bloody international terrorism

The art world meets cloak-and-dagger intrigue in this Cold War thriller. A triumph of pacing from a veteran of the genre.

This book is part of the "Robert Renwick" series. Here are some other books from this series:

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"The Hidden Target"
First published in 1980
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