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      Prelude to Terror

      by Helen MacInnes
      Published
      Aug 1978
      Main Genre
      Romantic Suspense Rom. Suspense
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      Series
      Robert Renwick Book 1

      About This Book

      American art expert Colin Grant is sent to Vienna on a seemingly simple mission in this suspenseful, action-packed first installment in the thrilling Robert Renwick espionage trilogy

      New York art expert Colin Grant takes on an easy commission: to travel to Vienna and bid on a priceless Old Master on behalf of a Texan millionaire. The painting has been smuggled out of Hungary by a defector, and Grant must get it at any cost, while keeping his employer's name a secret. 

      But all is not as it seems. No sooner has Grant landed in Austria than his seemingly simple assignment turns into a nightmare, as he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy to unleash a wave of international terrorism. Grant must now navigate a hidden and terrifying world, as he and the woman he loves become pawns in a war between the secret armies of East and West.

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      Genres & Themes

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      Suspense

      Subgenres

      Romantic Suspense Thriller

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      First Edition Dec 1986 Fawcett ISBN13 9780449213780 ISBN10 0449213781
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      Mar 1982 Fawcett ISBN13 9780449240342 ISBN10 0449240347
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      May 1983 Random House ISBN13 9780449204450 ISBN10 0449204456
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      Oct 1984 Fawcett ISBN13 9780449206539 ISBN10 044920653X
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      Apr 2014 Titan (UK) ISBN13 9781781163368 ISBN10 1781163367
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      Jan 1978 Houghton Mifflin ISBN13 9780151739264 ISBN10 0151739269
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      Mar 2014 Titan (UK) ISBN13 9781781164389 ISBN10 178116438X
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      Mar 2014 Titan Books ISBN10 B00F1W07XM
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      May 1992 Chivers Audio Books ISBN13 9780745161181 ISBN10 0745161189
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      Apr 2023 Blackstone Audiobooks ISBN13 9798200885367 ISBN10 B0BJMRTL49
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      Jan 1978 G.K. Hall & Company ISBN13 9780816166657 ISBN10 081616665X
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      Aug 1980 Ulverscroft Large Print ISBN13 9780708904992 ISBN10 0708904998
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