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Eric Ambler is often said to have invented the modern suspense novel. Beginning in 1937, he wrote a series of novels that were touted for their realism, in which he introduced ordinary protagonists who are thrust into political intrigue they are ill prepared to deal with. In the process he paved the way for such writers as John Le Carre, Len Deighton, and Robert Ludlum. He was awarded four Gold Daggers and a Diamond Dagger from The Crime Writers Association, named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers Association, and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth. In addition to his novels, Ambler wrote a number of screenplays, including Rebecca, which he collaborated on with his wife, Joan Harrison. Eric Ambler died in 1998. |
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Espionage | 978-0-375-72679-8 (0-375-72679-9) | December 2004 | $ 13.00
The Light of Day was the basis for Jules Dassin’s classic film, Topkapi.
When Arthur Abdel Simpson first spots Harper in the Athens airport, he recognizes him as a tourist unfamiliar with city and in need of a private driver. In other words, the perfect mark for Simpson’s brand of entrepreneurship. But... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Espionage | 978-0-375-72678-1 (0-375-72678-0) | July 2004 | $ 12.00
In this classic thriller, two American tourists find more adventure than they bargained for when they get involved with Chinese gun smugglers and Muslim revolutionaries, learning first hand about the intrigue of the post-colonial world.
Greg and Dorothy Nilsen had wanted to go on an adventurous trip, see some of the more... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Espionage | 978-0-375-72676-7 (0-375-72676-4) | December 2003 | $ 12.00
It wasn’t anyone’s idea of a glamorous first assignment at a white show law firm. George Cary, former WWII bomber pilot and newly minted lawyer, was given the ignoble task of going through the tons of files on the Schneider Johnson case, just to make sure nothing had been overlooked. But... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Espionage | 978-0-375-72677-4 (0-375-72677-2) | December 2003 | $ 12.00
All in all Steve Fraser had enjoyed his three-year stint in the former Dutch Southeast Asian colony of Sunda, and he’d been well compensated. But now he was looking forward to a last weekend in the capital before heading home. But Sunda was newly independent, and not entirely stable. An opposition... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Espionage | 978-0-375-72672-9 (0-375-72672-1) | December 2002 | $ 13.95
Returning to his hotel room after a late-night flirtation with a cabaret dancer at an Istanbul b™ite, Graham is surprised by an intruder with a gun. What follows is a nightmare of intrigue for the English armaments engineer as he makes his way home aboard an Italian freighter. Among the passengers... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Espionage | 978-0-375-72675-0 (0-375-72675-6) | December 2002 | $ 12.95
Foster’s dramatic skill is well-known in London’s West End theaters. So perhaps it wasn’t so surprising when he was hired by an American newspaper publisher to cover the trial of Yordan Delchev for treason. Accused of membership in the sinister Officer Corps Brotherhood and of masterminding a plot to assassinate his... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Espionage | 978-0-375-72674-3 (0-375-72674-8) | February 2002 | $ 14.00
Nicky Marlow needs a job. He’s engaged to be married and the employment market is pretty slim in Britain in 1937. So when his fiancé points out the Spartacus Machine Tool notice, he jumps at the chance. After all, he speaks Italian and he figures he’ll be able to endure Milan... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Espionage | 978-0-375-71324-8 (0-375-71324-7) | February 2002 | $ 13.95
When Josef Vadassy arrives at the Hotel de la Reserve at the end of his Riviera holiday, he is simply looking forward to a few more days of relaxation before returning to Paris. But in St. Gatien, on the eve of World War II, everyone is suspect–the American brother and sister... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Espionage | 978-0-375-72673-6 (0-375-72673-X) | October 2001 | $ 14.00
Kenton's career as a journalist depended on his facility with languages, his knowledge of European politics, and his quick judgment. Where his judgment sometimes failed him was in his personal life. When he finds himself on a train bound for Austria with insufficient funds after a bad night of gambling, he... Read More
Trade Paperback | Vintage | Fiction - Espionage | 978-0-375-72671-2 (0-375-72671-3) | October 2001 | $ 13.95
A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads mystery writer Charles Latimer into a world of sinister political and criminal maneuvers throughout the Balkans in the years between the world wars. Hoping that the career of the notorious Dimitrios, whose body has been identified... Read More