Solomons Seal - Hammond Innes Reviews
Description:ISBN 0330342150 / Author: Hammond Innes / Genre: Crime / Thriller / When Perenna Holland is forced to sell her home on the English coast, estate agent Roy Slingsby is employed to assess the property. When the inventory turns up an album of old stamps, he is fascinated as to ... more
Solomons Seal - Hammond Innes ... their provenance. Through his investigations, he learns more about the Holland family.Newest Review: ... I had yet to read and the temptation was just too strong. I settled down to enjoy the book. Solomons Seal did not ... more
... disappoint me. I was hooked from the first chapter. All the usual Hammond Innes story elements are present here, there is travel to faraway places, and ordinary people placed in extraordinary circumstances that are beyond their everyday experience.
The Solomons Seal story is largely set in the Solomon Islands and follows the experiences of Roy Slingsby as he gets caught up in a world of smuggling, murder, and insurrection.
One of the things that always appealed to me about the work of Hammond Innes is the way his books ...more
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It had been a long time since I read anything by Hammond Innes. I used to read his books regularly during my teenage years, about the same time I was reading works by Alistair MacLean, and Desmond Bagley. Eventually I moved on to other authors, and I thought I had left Hammond Innes behind forever. Last month when I was clearing out a cupboard I came across ‘Solomons Seal’. It was one of the last two Hammond Innes books that I had yet to read and the temptation was just too strong. I settled down to enjoy the book. Solomons Seal did not disappoint me. I was hooked from the first chapter. All the usual Hammond Innes story elements are present ... Read the complete review
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