The Salzburg Connection [Hardcover]

Helen MacInnes (Author)

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In this spy novel intelligence agents from several countries vie to lay their hands on the contents of a Nazi chest, which has lain for some time in a lake. The story slightly predates the days of explicit description and seems a little tame by 1990's standards. The tape quality and clarity of the recording are excellent. While the cross-gender differentiation is good, the male character differentiation is only fair. The British Pacey's attempts to employ an American accent are somewhat tedious. This is particularly bothersome in the character of the New York-based publishing executive. Overall, however, the performance is very good. J.D.N. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Harcourt (June 1968)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0151792534
• ISBN-13: 978-0151792535
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,983,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MacInnes makes a real connection in Salzburg!, November 6, 2000

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Billy J. Hobbs "Bill Hobbs" (Tyler, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Salzburg Connection (Hardcover)

Certainly it is one of Helen MacInnes' most suspenseful novels! In "The Salzburg Connection," MacInnes once again couples history with the present. This time, however, she doesn't have to go back so far. In a deep lake in the Austrian Alps lies a chest filled with Nazi secrets and agents from a number of countries are most eager to get possession of such a potetntial "weapon"--it doesn't contain literal treasure, but lists of "who's who and who's what" during the Nazi period. It is supposed that there are names in this chest of quite successful individuals who were able to escape their (hidden) Nazi past. You can imagine the urgency to get the chest. MacInnes is a master at being in control of her thrillers. Too, she is quite excellent in her description of the settings; her characterization is also superb. Bill Mathison, a New York lawyer, has the inside track here and must face perilous times in his pursuit. Along the way, he also meets two beautiful women, both of whom are eager to help him, and one of whom is set to betray him. In the most deadly fashion!([e-mail])

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flavor of the times.., May 9, 2002

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Professor Joseph L. McCauley "Joseph L. McCauley" (Austria+Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Salzburg Connection (Hardcover)

I bought one of MacInnes' spy thrillers in a small drug store in Kentucky during Christmas vacation in the late sixties and then read them all. For a grad student locked into classroom and homework, it was perfect escapism, a way to travel to exotic places like old Europe and experience the flavor of the WWII era without getting hurt. After MacInnes, nothing else in the mystery category satisfied me, until I accidentally discovered Donna Leon's Inspector Brunetti and his interesting wife...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading!, July 19, 2001

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jen_p (Adelaide, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Salzburg Connection (Hardcover)

This is a really good novel, full of suspense. A tale of espionage, this is about the search for an old chest full of nazi documents. With agents from all sides trying to get to it, a lot of dead bodies turn up. Written some years ago, this is worth reading, with an unexpected, everyman hero.