Buried treasure, buried lies, and snow that hides everything.
High in the Italian Dolomites, the war is over but its ghosts are not. Beneath the snow, a fortune in stolen Nazi gold waits to be found. To the isolated ski hut at Val di Fassa come five strangers, each with a reason for being there: a disgraced film producer and his cameraman, a beautiful countess with secrets of her own, a petty criminal who knows too much, and Neil Blair, a struggling screenwriter hired to watch and report.
As blizzards close the passes and nerves begin to fray, the fragile alliances between them splinter. What began as an opportunity becomes a trap and the mountain itself turns executioner.
Hammond Innes delivers pure suspense against a backdrop of ice and isolation. The Lonely Skier is a classic thriller about trust, betrayal and survival when the past refuses to stay buried.
'A superbly constructed and atmospheric thriller' Independent
| ISBN: | 9780099577423 |
| Publication date: | 6th June 2013 |
| Author: | Hammond Innes |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
| Genres: |
Thriller and Suspense War, combat and military adventure fiction |
Buried treasure, buried lies, and snow that hides everything.
High in the Italian Dolomites, the war is over but its ghosts are not. Beneath the snow, a fortune in stolen Nazi gold waits to be found. To the isolated ski hut at Val di Fassa come five strangers, each with a reason for being there: a disgraced film producer and his cameraman, a beautiful countess with secrets of her own, a petty criminal who knows too much, and Neil Blair, a struggling screenwriter hired to watch and report.
As blizzards close the passes and nerves begin to fray, the fragile alliances between them splinter. What began as an opportunity becomes a trap and the mountain itself turns executioner.
Hammond Innes delivers pure suspense against a backdrop of ice and isolation. The Lonely Skier is a classic thriller about trust, betrayal and survival when the past refuses to stay buried.
'A superbly constructed and atmospheric thriller' Independent
The Lonely Skier features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, War, combat and military adventure fiction
The Lonely Skier is available in Paperback
The Lonely Skier was written by Hammond Innes and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
The Lonely Skier has 192 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage Classics series
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