Hammond Innes the thriller writer
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About Hammond Innes
Considered to be one of the fathers of the thriller genre, he wrote over thirty books between the nineteen thirties and nineteen nineties, before his death in 1998. The majority of his works are still in print in the UK, but his appeal overseas has lessened.
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- About Hammond Innes
- A biography of Hammond Innes
- Thriller Bibliography 1937-1964
- Featured Book: Atlantic Fury
- Bibliography: 1970's thrillers
- The Wreck of the Mary Deare
- Bibliography: 1980's thrillers
- Bibliography: 1990's thrillers
- Hammond Innes
- A selection of his books
- Hammond Innes' East Anglia
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About Hammond Innes
The father of modern thrillers
Many of his books pitted man directly against nature, and the weather systems and environments described are as much a part of the story as the characters. Shipwrecks, storms and the polar ice caps were all featured in his books as was the frequent question of whether people could rise above themselves under adversity.
He defined many of the conventions of the genre as it emerged, and developed throughout the twentieth century.
A biography of Hammond Innes
The prolific thriller author
Biography - Hammond Innes, Ralph (1913-1998): An article from: Contemporary Authors
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A biography of the author Ralph Hammond Innes, who wrote under the names Hammond Innes and Ralph Hammond.
Thriller Bibliography 1937-1964
The books of Hammond Innes.
A prolific author he wrote over 30 thrillers. In addition he wrote a number of non-fiction and other works, although these are not the focus of the lens. A bibliography of his thrillers is below.
The links take you to Amazon for reviews and more details about the books.
Air Disaster
(1937)The Doppelganger
(1937)Sabotage Broadcast
(1938)All Roads Lead to Friday
(1939)The Trojan Horse
(1940)Wreckers must breathe
(1940)Attack Alarm
(1941)Dead and Alive
(1946)THE KILLER MINE
(1947)The Lonely Skier
(1947)Maddon's Rock
(1948)The Blue Ice
(1948)The White South
(1949)The Angry Mountain
(1950)Cocos gold,
(1950) (writing as Ralph Hammond)Air Bridge
(1951)Campbell's Kingdom
(1952)Black gold on the Double Diamond
(1953) (writing as Ralph Hammond)The Strange Land
(1954)Wreck of the "Mary Deare"
(1956)The Land God Gave to Cain
(1958)The Doomed Oasis
(1960)Atlantic Fury
(1962)Scandinavia
(1963) Featured Book: Atlantic Fury
Atlantic Fury by hammond Innes
North Atlantic Wave Whipped High in a Midwinter Squall
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Hammond Innes at his best, Atlantic Fury pits man against nature in a race against time to rescue the stranded islanders. With an old mystery still to be solved, things are never as simply as they seem.
Atlantic Fury
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Bibliography: 1970's thrillers
6 Books.
- The Strode Venturer
- (1965) Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books
A thriller about a man who must find the 'black sheep' of a family of wealthy shipowners, but is plunged into a nightmare where he faces the dangers of coral reefs, remote islands and financial warfare. - Levkas Man
- (1971)
Levkas Man
Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books - Golden Soak
- (1973)
Golden Soak
Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books - North Star
- 1974
North Star
Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books - The Big Footprints: Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books
- (1977)
The Big Footprints
Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books - The Last Voyage
- (1978)
The Last Voyage
Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
From book to film
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
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What is the truth of the wreck of the Mary Deare? What secret is Captain Patch hiding?
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Bibliography: 1980's thrillers
- Solomon's Seal
- (1980)
Solomon's Seal
Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books - The Black Tide
- (1982)
The Black Tide
Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books - High Stand
- (1985)
High Stand
Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books - Medusa: Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books
- (1988)
Medusa
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Bibliography: 1990's thrillers
- Isvik
- (1991)
Isvik
Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books - Target Antarctica: Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books
- (1993)
Target Antarctica
Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books - The Delta Connection: Amazon.co.uk: Hammond Innes: Books
- (1996)
The Delta Connection
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Hammond Innes
died on 10th June 1998 aged 84
Obituary
A selection of his books
Those available in the US.
Hammond Innes' East Anglia
A non-fiction title
Hammond Innes' East Anglia
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The Wreck of the Mary Deare
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