One sentence summary: Architect/Journalist Ken Strang travels to Greece for a series of articles he's working on but gets embroiled in a nihilistic terrorist plot, escape from which becomes complicated when he falls in love with his beautiful, intelligent and oh so vulnerable photographer, Cecilia Hilliard.
Yeah, that about covers it. I've actually read better ones from Helen MacInnes, but as far as I have discovered, none of her novels is bad. I particularly enjoy the fact that these novels are all written 50 or so years ago--I love "vintage" books. Love them. Hers are generally post WWII, but I also really enjoy E. Phillip Oppenheimer who writes WWI political thrillers. They are less gritty than modern thrillers, but just as gripping. If you appreciate the un-gory, the un-profane, the un-sexually explicit...you'll enjoy Helen MacInnes like I do.
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