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Journey into Fear (Paperback)
Eric Ambler; Introduction by Norman Stone
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'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for
a mouth-watering prospect' Daily Telegraph 1940. An unassuming
English engineer has travelled to Turkey on business. And somebody
wants him dead. It all began when Graham was taken to a nightclub
in Istanbul and noticed a man in a crumpled suit, watching him.
Then he narrowly missed being killed by gunfire on returning to his
hotel room. Now, terrified, he has been helped to escape in secret
on a passenger steamer home. But although Graham may try to run, he
cannot hide from his pursuers forever, and soon he is caught up in
a nightmare beyond his control.
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The Mask of Dimitrios
Eric Ambler; Introduction by Mark Mazower
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English crime novelist Charles Latimer is travelling in Istanbul
when he makes the acquaintance of Turkish police inspector Colonel
Haki. It is from him that he first hears of the mysterious
Dimitrios - an infamous master criminal, long wanted by the law,
whose body has just been fished out of the Bosphorus. Fascinated by
the story, Latimer decides to retrace Dimitrios' steps across
Europe to gather material for a new book. But, as he gradually
discovers more about his subject's shadowy history, fascination
tips over into obsession. And, in entering Dimitrios' criminal
underworld, Latimer realizes that his own life may be on the line.
'A gripping thriller ... still fresh as new' Guardian
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 faction with fundamentalist
Islamic leanings was set on overthrowing the provisonal government.
And instead of enjoying a sybaritic weekend with the Eurasian
beauty Rosalie, Fraser finds himself trapped with her by a
fanatical group who've taken over the country's radio station and
made their headquarters in his friend Jebb's apartment. As the
government launches a counterattack, the couple's survival depends
on their ability to dodge bullets and the shifting loyalties of the
coup's liuetenants.
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Epitaph for a Spy (Paperback)
Eric Ambler; Introduction by James Fenton
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Josef Vadassy, a Hungarian refugee and language teacher living in
France, is enjoying his first break for years in a small hotel on
the Riviera. But when he takes his holiday photographs to be
developed at a local chemists, he suddenly finds himself mistaken
for a Gestapo agent and a charge of espionage is levelled at him.
To prove himself innocent to the French police, he must discover
which one of his fellow guests at his pension is the real spy. As
he desperately tries to uncover the true culprit's identity,
Vadassy must risk his job, his safety and everything he holds dear.
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The Mask of Dimitrios (Paperback)
Eric Ambler; Introduction by Mark Mazower
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'Not Le Carre, not Deighton, not Ludlum have surpassed the
intelligence, authenticity or engrossing storytelling that
established The Mask of Dimitrios as the best of its kind' The
Times English crime novelist Charles Latimer is travelling in
Istanbul when he makes the acquaintance of Turkish police inspector
Colonel Haki. It is from him that he first hears of the mysterious
Dimitrios - an infamous master criminal, long wanted by the law,
whose body has just been fished out of the Bosphorus. Fascinated by
the story, Latimer decides to retrace Dimitrios' steps across
Europe to gather material for a new book. But, as he gradually
discovers more about his subject's shadowy history, fascination
tips over into obsession. And, in entering Dimitrios' criminal
underworld, Latimer realizes that his own life may be on the line.
'A gripping thriller ... still fresh as new' Guardian
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Uncommon Danger (Paperback)
Eric Ambler; Introduction by Thomas Jones
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Kenton's career as a journalist depends on his facility with
languages, his knowledge of European politics and his quick
judgement. Where his judgement sometimes fails him, however, is in
his personal life. When he travels to Nuremberg to investigate a
story about a top-level meeting of Nazi officials, he inadvertently
finds himself on a train bound for Austria after a bad night of
gambling. Stranded with no money, Kenton jumps at the chance to
earn a fee helping a refugee smuggle securities across the border.
Yet he soon discovers that the documents he holds have far more
than cash value - and that they could cost him his life ...
'The man who lit the way for us all' Len Deighton An Indian clerk,
Girija Krishnan, sees the opportunity of his lifetime when he
stumbles on an abandoned cache of arms hidden in the Malayan
jungle. If he can sell the weapons, he will be able to achieve his
lifelong dream of owning a bus company - although the penalty for
gun-running is death. Soon his decision becomes the catalyst for a
chain of events involving an entrepreneurial Chinese family, a
corrupt Colonel and, finally, a naive couple of American tourists
who find themselves horribly out of their depth.
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 are a couple of Nazi assassins intent on preventing his returning to England with plans for a Turkish defense system, the seductive cabaret dancer and her manager husband, and a number of surprising allies. Thrilling, intense, and masterfully plotted, Journey Into Fear is a classic suspense tale from one of the founders of the genre.
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 jumps at the chance to earn a fee to help a refugee smuggle securities across the border. He soon discovers that the documents he holds have a more than monetary value, and that European politics has more twists and turns than the most convoluted newspaper account.
'A thriller of the highest quality - ironic, witty, literate,
ingenious, understated and unflaggingly suspenseful' The New York
Times Book Review The last time anyone saw Lucia Bernardi, she was
driving at top speed away from a Swiss villa - leaving the body of
her murdered Iraqi lover behind. Now she has vanished, along with a
potentially explosive set of papers, and disgraced journalist Piet
Maas has been sent to follow her trail to the South of France. But
finding her is just the start of his problems. Soon, amid a cast of
con men, secret agents and revolutionaries, he must decide whether
to land the scoop of his lifetime - or follow Lucia into ever more
dangerous waters.
'He took the spy thriller out of the gentility of the drawing room
and into the back streets of Istanbul, where it all really
happened' Frederick Forsyth Small-time hustler Arthur Abdel Simpson
ekes out a living in Athens by robbing gullible tourists. But when
an attempted theft backfires, he finds himself out-smarted and
blackmailed into driving a highly suspicious car across the border
to Istanbul. Then the Turkish secret police get involved, and
Simpson becomes embroiled in something far deeper, and more
dangerous, than he could imagine. Featuring a heart-stopping jewel
heist, this compulsive, morally complex thriller became the basis
for the classic film Topkapi.
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Cause for Alarm (Paperback)
Eric Ambler; Introduction by John Preston
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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
fiance 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 for a year, long enough to save some money.
Soon after he arrives, however, he learns the sinister truth of his
predecessor's death and finds himself courted by two agents with
dangerously different agendas. In the process, Marlow realizes it's
not so simple to just do the job he's paid to do in fascist Italy
on the eve of a world war.
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Journey into Fear (Paperback)
Eric Ambler; Introduction by Norman Stone
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Returning to his hotel room after a late-night flirtation with a
cabaret dancer at an Istanbul b(TM) 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 are a couple of Nazi
assassins intent on preventing his returning to England with plans
for a Turkish defense system, the seductive cabaret dancer and her
manager husband, and a number of surprising allies. Thrilling,
intense, and masterfully plotted, Journey Into Fear is a classic
suspense tale from one of the founders of the genre.
"The Dark Frontier "launched Eric Ambler's five-decade career as
one of the most influential thriller writers of our time.
England, 1935. Physicist Henry Barstow is on holiday when he meets
the mysterious Simon Groom, a representative for an armaments
manufacturer. Groom invites the professor to Ixania, a small
nation-state in Eastern Europe whose growing weapons program
threatens to destabilize the region. Only after suffering a blow to
the head--which muddles his brain into believing he is Conway
Carruthers, international spy--does the mild-mannered physicist
agree to visit Ixania. But he quickly recognizes that Groom has a
more sinister agenda, and Carruthers is the only man who can stop
him.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork.
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The Levanter (Paperback)
Eric Ambler
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Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award
Syria, 1970. Michael Howell has kept his family's Middle Eastern
business enterprises going through a decade of takeovers, war, and
revolution, thanks in part to his office manager, Teresa, who is
also his mistress. One late night at the office, they discover men
working overtime--producing unauthorized bombs for the Palestine
Action Force. Worse, this guerrilla terrorist group is not deterred
by their discovery--rather, they will enlist Howell and Teresa's
unwilling help in carrying out their plan.
Eric Ambler is a master of narrative and an elder statesman of
suspense. He virtually created the modern spy story with his
ground-breaking series of pre-WWII novels; A Coffin for Dimitrios
and Journey into Fear are hailed as classics of the form. Waiting
for Orders is the first volume to collect Mr. Ambler's shorter
works, most of which date from the period of his greatest literary
triumphs.
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, the expatriate Brits, and the German gentleman traveling under at least one assumed name. When the film he drops off at the chemist reveals photographs he has not taken, Vadassy finds himself the object of intense suspicion. The result is anything but the rest he had been hoping for.
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 for a year, long enough to save some money. Soon after he arrives, however, he learns the sinister truth of his predecessor’s death and finds himself courted by two agents with dangerously different agendas. In the process, Marlow realizes it’s not so simple to just do the job he’s paid to do in fascist Italy on the eve of a world war.
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, as luck would have it, George did
discover something among the false claims and dead-end leads that
made this into more than just another missing-heir-to-a
vast-fortune case. And what he found would connect a deserter from
Napoloeon's defeated army to a guerrilla fighter in post-war
Greece, and lead Cary himself into a dangerous situation where his
own survival will depend more on what he learned in the army than
anything he learned in law school.
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 out-of-the-way places. But the cruise they
were on was turning out to be a bore. So when the gracious Mr. Tan
requests that Greg take a side trip to Singapore to resolve a
bureaucratic detail involving a consignment of small arms, Greg is
surprisingly receptive. All he has to do is sign some papers, he's
told, and he'll be paid a handsome fee. And everything does go
smoothly, until it comes to getting a check co-signed by the rebel
leader...
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 country’s leader, Delchev may in fact be a pawn and his trial all show. But when Foster meets Madame Delchev, the accused’s powerful wife, he suddenly become enmeshed in more life-threatening intrigue than he could have imagined.
Ambler's A Coffin for Dimitrios and Journey Into Fear have been
hailed as classics of the mystery form, yet his first novel of 1936
has not been available in America until now.
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