Prelude to terror vs The day after tomorrow: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Prelude to terror Prelude to terror Helen MacInnes · 1978 ★★★★☆ 4.2 352 pages · ≈ 6 h 31 m · Moderate

Synopsis (Fantastic Fiction) The scene is Vienna, where an American art expert, Colin Grant, has been dispatched by a Texas millionaire to buy a painting by the Dutch master Ruysdael. He is instructed to get the…

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Cover of The day after tomorrow The day after tomorrow Allan Folsom · 1994 ★★★★☆ 4.0 725 pages · ≈ 13 h 26 m · Moderate
“PAUL OSBORN sat alone among the smoky bustle of the after-work crowd, staring into a glass of red wine.”

In Paris, an American doctor spots the man who murdered his father and he tries to kill him. Thus begins a tale of international intrigue, the villains of which are Nazi survivors of World War II, plotting to take over…

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Prelude to terrorThe day after tomorrow
Goodreads — 4.0 (8413)
Hardcover — 4.1 (17)
Apple Books 4.5 (32) 4.0 (8)

Reception

Prelude to terrorThe day after tomorrow
Ratings 32 8413
Editions 21 12
Citations 1 —
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention — 641
Pages 352 725

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