HELEN MacINNES
Years ago I read Helen MacInnes. She was born in Scotland lived in England and married an Oxford Don. Later they moved to the United States. Her books were full of intrigue and espionage. Above Suspicion, her first book, was an immediate success and set her on the path to becoming an international best seller.
I loved her stories set in Greece and Crete after World War II. Decision at Delphi and North from Rome are two. Her descriptions of the area gave you the sense of being there amongst the temples and coliseums. Some of the characters were in more than one book and it was hard to tell if they were friend or foe, but I enjoyed the twists and turns the plots took.
Several stories were based in England and Europe and dealt with Communism. I've read all her books until some on my shelves are falling apart. The Salsburg Connection and Above Suspicion were made into movies.
MARY STEWART
From England to Crete and everywhere in between Mary Stewart spins tales of intrigue and romance. Mary traveled with her husband, a professor of geology at the University of Edinburgh. Those travels gave her a wealth of knowledge about far off places that filled her stories with realistic backgrounds.
Romance played a larger part in her stories than in MacInnes', but the suspense kept you turning the pages. From her first book Madam Will You Talk for over thirty years she kept her audience wanting more. Today she is considered the writer who created Romantic Suspense.
Years ago I read Helen MacInnes. She was born in Scotland lived in England and married an Oxford Don. Later they moved to the United States. Her books were full of intrigue and espionage. Above Suspicion, her first book, was an immediate success and set her on the path to becoming an international best seller.
I loved her stories set in Greece and Crete after World War II. Decision at Delphi and North from Rome are two. Her descriptions of the area gave you the sense of being there amongst the temples and coliseums. Some of the characters were in more than one book and it was hard to tell if they were friend or foe, but I enjoyed the twists and turns the plots took.
Several stories were based in England and Europe and dealt with Communism. I've read all her books until some on my shelves are falling apart. The Salsburg Connection and Above Suspicion were made into movies.
MARY STEWART
From England to Crete and everywhere in between Mary Stewart spins tales of intrigue and romance. Mary traveled with her husband, a professor of geology at the University of Edinburgh. Those travels gave her a wealth of knowledge about far off places that filled her stories with realistic backgrounds.
Romance played a larger part in her stories than in MacInnes', but the suspense kept you turning the pages. From her first book Madam Will You Talk for over thirty years she kept her audience wanting more. Today she is considered the writer who created Romantic Suspense.
5 comments:
Kaye, you are so good with description. Your writing and enthusiasm for the genre has made a new fan. Your first two books were great, and this one will be too. I love getting to be a critique partner. Keep up the good work.
Diana L
Great topic, Kaye! As I've always been a romance reader, I got my start with Kathleen Woodiwiss, Beatrice Small and many others of that time. They might have been considered bodice rippers back then and many subjects now considered 'taboo', but there was real meat to the story that I think is missing in the shorter reads available today.
Thanks for stopping by Angela. Books have always been my passion, since I was a child.
It's true the hero's in some of the stories of yesteryear would be frowned upon in this day and age. I'll be writing on that next time.
I loved all the classics AND anyone who wrote animal stories--read everything written by Jack London, Jim Kjelgaard, Marguerite Henry, etc., etc.,...
Loved Phyllis Whitney in my teenage years--read everything she wrote, too.
Now my "have to's" are Mary Higgins Clark, Tony Hillerman, and all my author friends.
Looking forward to the day I turn out a page-turner of my own. :-)
I liked Jack London too and Walter Farley's Black Stallion books were some of my favorites as a teen.
I'm looking forward to reading one of your books in the finished form someday too.
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