Books by Hammond Innes
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
by Hammond Innes
We think of the Channel as a placid, dull bit of sea, but towards Brittany it’s very rough and sailors think of it as a particularly nasty sea. So, this man is on a little boat out there and he spots an abandoned ship. There has been a terrible storm and only the captain is left and he’s gone completely mad.
Interviews where books by Hammond Innes were recommended
The Best Classic British Thrillers, recommended by Matt Lynn
Author Matt Lynn says that good thrillers need a sense of foreboding and tension – and a brilliant central character. “The thriller has always been a very political genre, a kind of snapshot in time”
