Helen MacInnes

Helen Clark MacInnes (October 7th 1907 - 1985), was a Scottish suspense novelist.

She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and graduated from Glasgow University in 1928 with a degree in French and German. Working as a librarian, she married in 1932 and moved with her husband to New York in 1937.

Among her works are:

• Above Suspicion (1939)
• Triple Threat (1940)
• Assignment in Brittany (1942)
• The Unconquerable (1944), aka While Still We Live
• Horizon (1945)
• Friends and Lovers (1947)
• Rest and be Thankful (1949)
• Neither Five Nor Three (1951)
• I and My True Love (1953)
• Pray for a Brave Heart (1955)
• North from Rome (1958)
• Decision at Delphi (1960)
• The Venetian Affair (1963), made into a film of the same name
• Double Image (1966)
• The Salzburg Connection (1968), made into a film of the same name
• Message from Malaga (1971)
• Snare of the Hunter (1974)
• Agent in Place (1976)
• Home Is the Hunter (1976)
• Prelude to Terror (1978)
• The Hidden Target (1980)
• Cloak of Darkness (1982)
• Ride a Pale Horse (1984)