DECISION AT DELPHI

by Helen MacInnes ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 26, 1960

There hasn't been as good a suspense story as this for some time. Add to its character as a tightly plotted adventure tale, an enchanted setting for many a traveller,- Naples, Taormina, Athens, Delphi- and you have a sure passport to popularity. Furthermore, Helen MacInnes always has a philosophical concept worth seeking out which forms the kernel of her tale -- here it is a warning note against bland assumption that the obvious dangers from the enemies of our way of life comprise the only dangers; also the heritage of our troubled days includes a bitter poison of nihilism. But most will read this for its story:- Ken Strang, whose architectural training and gift of imaginative recreation have led him into areas of classical research, has an assignment for a series for an American magazine, a series which will need the brilliantly conceived photography of a Greek- American, Steve Kladas. Despite a warning that he must stay away from Greece, Steve goes ahead- and in Taormina, where Ken was to join him, there is instead a sheaf of photographs, an attache case loaded with film- and some mysterious papers which Steve dared not take with him. And then Steve disappears. Another photographer, a woman, is sent out to replace him. And Ken and C.L. Hillard find themselves embroiled in a dangerous phase of a strange plot before the multitude of disparate pieces are brought together- and the solution found, at cost of death and disaster, fear and danger involving many. It is a good story, with characters that are fully realized, and a background that carries its own magic.

Pub Date: Oct. 26, 1960

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1960

Categories: FICTION