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Hammond Innes is the pen name of English novelist Ralph Hammond Innes (1913-1998), who wrote mystery and thriller novels, children’s books and travel non-fiction books. He was known for a great attention to detail with his description of scenes. Innes wrote his protagonists as regular men who happened upon circumstance rather than traditional “heroes.” When in a hostile environment, the character must then use his own cleverness to get out of trouble, and not any kind of weapon or gadget.

Hammond Innes became a published author in 1937 with the novel Air Disaster. He continued writing until his 1996 final novel, The Delta Connection. Below is a list of Hammond Innes’ books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Air Disaster (1937)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Doppelganger (1937)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sabotage Broadcast (1938)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
All Roads Lead to Friday (1939)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Trojan Horse (1940)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wreckers Must Breathe / Trapped (1940)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Attack Alarm (1941)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead and Alive (1946)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Killer Mine (1947)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lonely Skier / Fire in the Snow (1947)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Blue Ice (1948)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Maddon's Rock / Gale Warning (1948)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The White South / The Survivors (1949)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Angry Mountain (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cocos Gold (As: Ralph Hammond) (1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Air Bridge (1951)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Campbell's Kingdom (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Black Gold on the Double Diamond (As: Ralph Hammond) (1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Strange Land / The Naked Land (1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Land God Gave to Cain (1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Doomed Oasis (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Atlantic Fury (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Strode Venturer (1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Levkas Man (1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Golden Soak (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
North Star (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Big Footprints (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Voyage (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Solomons Seal (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Black Tide (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
High Stand (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Medusa (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Isvik (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Target Antarctica (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Delta Connection (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Selected Works (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of LIFE World Library Books

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Harvest of Journeys (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sea and Islands (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Conquistadors (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hammond Innes Introduces Australia (1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hammond Innes' East Anglia (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Far Horizons (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vincent Van Gogh (As:Ralph Hammond) (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Personal Encounters (As:Ralph Hammond) (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Sea Tales of Terror(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tales of Old Inns(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: Wreckers Must Breathe was also published as Trapped. The Lonely Skier was also published as Fire in the Snow. Maddon’s Rock was also titled Gale Warning. The White South was also published as The Survivors. The Strange Land was also titled The Naked Land. Cocos Gold and Black Gold on the Double Diamond were written as Ralph Hammond.

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Hammond Innes Synopsis: In Trojan Horse by Hammond Innes, Andrew Kilmartin was a well-respected London lawyer. And then one day a killer made his way into his office. Despite evidence to the contrary, Kilmartin was of the opinion that Franz Schmidt was an innocent man. But in thinking so, it would not only put his own life at risk, but also Schmidt’s beautiful daughter, Freya. Freya is now the guardian of Franz’s latest revolutionary invention. Because there were some who would do anything in order to possess to the key to all of Schmidt’s secrets…

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