MacInnes is good, very good. The suspense is always there. She doesn't always wrap things up nicely at the end, but she gives you a very strong hint as to how things will turn out.
Good story of a young woman escaping from Czechoslovakia and the KGB. Pretty fast paced and tense because you can never tell who is a friend and who is an enemy. Also a little bit of romance between Irina and one of her rescuers. I don't know what year this was written but it was before everyone had cell phones. I'd forgotten what it was like to have to find a pay phone to call someone and hope you could reach them. Very fast,easy,enjoyable reading.
Set against the backdrop of peaceful Austrian countryside, Irina's nightmare journey becomes a flight to evade THE SNARE OF THE HUNTER.
Get Irina Kusak safely out of Czechoslovakia. That is the plan. Bring her to the hideout in Austria where she will be reunited with her famous father, a Nobel Prize nominee, who has escaped from behind the Iron Curtain. It is a dangerous mission. Almost certain to fail. For the gallant little band of amateurs picked for the job is no match for professional killers.....
