Reviews for Into Thin Air
Review - Into Thin Air (Hoopla)
A good, old-fashioned Cold War spy novel that kept me guessing and interested.
Reviewed by Roger on 2026-05-04 18:32:22
Into Thin Airby Jack Iams | |
| Category: |
"Fiction - Mystery" |
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| Pages: | 246 |
| Year of Publication: | 1952 |
| Date Added: | 03/10/2023 |
| Date Read: | 05/04/2026 |
| Notes: | Ed Tremont works as an editor for the Voice of America, the official government radio station that counters Soviet propaganda. Also at the station is Courtney Templeton, well known broadcaster who has begun drinking heavily. When a relatively unimportant secret document arrives that involves Templeton's broadcast, Ed gives him the document and asks him to return in after the show. But both Templeton and the document disappear. This puts Ed in a fix for losing a classified document, so he goes looking for Templeton. He meets Nancy, Templeton's daughter, and together they begin searching. Along the way, they fall in love. Soon things become much worse for Ed. He finds a dead body, is chased by a couple large goons, and loses his job. His investigation leads him to the house of a known Communist where he overhears the plot. The Russians have kidnapped Templeton and his daughter to force him to broadcast their propaganda. The Nancy that Ed fell in love with turns out not to be Templeton's daughter but a Russian agent. Ed is captured and put on a Russian ship. When the FBI chases the ship, Ed is thrown overboard but is rescued. In court, he discovers that his assistant at the Voice was working with the Russians and set the whole thing up. And Nancy, whose real name is Molly Dugan, is a double agent working for the FBI. Ed gets his job back and gets Molly too. |
| My Rating: | 8 |