The Wreck of the Mary Deare

A chap who writes books for other chaps gets a welcome reissue…The Wreck of the Mary Deare is a cracker * Irish Times *Original in its plot and extraordinarily clever in its constant succession of mysterious twists and surprising revelations, it is an utterly engrossing tale * New York Times *The Wreck of the Mary Deare gave me a total love of thrillers and Hammond Innes is an absolutely brilliant writer – Minette WaltersHammond Innes… surely the doyen of the well-made modern thriller * Daily Telegraph *They say people can’t write stories anymore. Tell that to Hammond Innes * Sunday Times *

Hammond Innes (1913-1998) was a compulsive writer and traveller. He wrote over 30 books - thrillers with sturdy, plain-speaking British heroes at the centre; ordinary men caught up in impossible events. Innes journeyed all over the world, working as a journalist, whaler, soldier, but primarily sailing the high seas and racing in his yacht the Mary Deare. He turned all of his adventures into stories, and many of them were bestsellers.