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The Lonely Skier (1947)

de Hammond Innes

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High among the Dolomite Mountains, a film crew led by a madman will risk their lives for Nazi gold, in this death-defying thriller.
Out of work, out of money, and out of time, Neil Blair is wandering through Piccadilly Circus when he stumbles upon the chance of a lifetime. He meets an old army buddy, a halfâ??con man half-genius film producer, who offers him a job. Suddenly, Blair is off to the Dolomites for three months to work on the script for a film that will be unlike anything the cinema has ever seen: a thriller entirely based in truth, every word steeped in blood.

Ostensibly, the film is to be a skiing picture, but Blair soon learns there's much more at stake than a bit of sport. Beneath the mountain ice is a fortune in Nazi gold, which the producer will findâ??or die trying. Blair's task is to document that hunt on the page, but he's about to be trapped in a battle of wits that could destroy him before he types a single word.

Shot through with the atmospheric tension that was Hammond Innes's trademark, The Lonely Skier is a terrifying story of murder and deception at the edge of the world.
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Hammond Innes' breakthrough novel captures the fears and uncertainty of the immediate postwar years. It also highlights the opportunities that someone like its protagonist, Neil Blair, could see right over the horizon. Until then, however, former Nazi agents, would-be mafiosos, filmmakers poised between the bright lights of the cinema and the twilight of former espionage careers, and vengeful courtesans make for an intimate group of plotters seeking to uncover a wartime cache of Nazi gold.

It's all just as wonderful as it sounds. Clearly influenced by Eric Ambler, here, Innes creates a claustrophobic setting amidst the rugged landscape of the Italian Dolomites. Avalanches, blizzards, and the cold check the aspirations of everyone at every turn. Already, Innes has begun to incorporate the formula that would generate so much success in subsequent books--a not too out of the ordinary man suddenly taken from his gentle surroundings and made to face the scheming of deadly enemies and the fierceness of natural forces.

A few minor flaws: in places the story is repetitive, even the very same words and sentences reappearing just a few pages later in the telling of things. And Innes, early on, had an obsession with his characters "slithering" and "whilsting" through their adventures. Otherwise, The Lonely Skier is a nicely plotted story, whose pace increases almost as quickly as the accumulation of snow and ice that traps the visitors in the remote mountain hut that holds all that gold. ( )
  PaulCornelius | Apr 12, 2020 |
The Lonely Skier - Hammond Innes ****

My first book by this author but it definitely won't be my last.

Neil Blair is offered a job by his old commanding offer in post war Britain. He is to report back on the goings on at a desolate Italian ski lodge whilst under the guise of a scriptwriter.

Little does he realise he is being asked to spy on a group of people who have direct links the Nazi in wartime and are all on the hunt for some hidden Nazi gold. We encounter a hot-tempered Italian Comtessa, a racketeering pimp, and a Greek criminal.

The book runs very smoothly (mainly due to few characters) and unfolds as a mystery/action adventure, not dissimilar to Alistair Maclean in terms of style. When the action comes it is thick and fast. I think I will be looking out for a few more of Innes books. ( )
  Bridgey | Feb 11, 2013 |
Adventure and intrigue concerning a Nazi treasure in the Italian Alps just after World War II
  antiquary | Nov 22, 2011 |
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This book will, I hope, recall many pleasant memories of places we have visited together. And because its setting is the Dolomites, it will particularly remind you of a little albergo near the Ponte nelle Alpi where we met for a drink. You were on your way up to Cortina. I was coming down from Cortina to Venice.

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Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:

High among the Dolomite Mountains, a film crew led by a madman will risk their lives for Nazi gold, in this death-defying thriller.
Out of work, out of money, and out of time, Neil Blair is wandering through Piccadilly Circus when he stumbles upon the chance of a lifetime. He meets an old army buddy, a halfâ??con man half-genius film producer, who offers him a job. Suddenly, Blair is off to the Dolomites for three months to work on the script for a film that will be unlike anything the cinema has ever seen: a thriller entirely based in truth, every word steeped in blood.

Ostensibly, the film is to be a skiing picture, but Blair soon learns there's much more at stake than a bit of sport. Beneath the mountain ice is a fortune in Nazi gold, which the producer will findâ??or die trying. Blair's task is to document that hunt on the page, but he's about to be trapped in a battle of wits that could destroy him before he types a single word.

Shot through with the atmospheric tension that was Hammond Innes's trademark, The Lonely Skier is a terrifying story of murder and deception at the edge of the world.

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