Books with author Eric Ambler

Dimitrios began his career in Turkey by cutting the throat of a moneylender. In Morocco he made a fortune as a white slaver. In Bulgaria he plotted assassinations. In Belgrade he traded state secrets. In Paris he dealt in drugs. Now, in Istanbul, Dimitrios has finally been stopped--by his own murder. Charles Latimer is obsessed with Dimitrios. A mystery writer in search of a story, Latimer digs into Dimitrios' past...and nearly ends up digging his own grave.

It is 1940, and Mr Graham, a quietly-spoken engineer and arms expert, has just finished high-level talks with the Turkish government. And now somebody wants him dead. The previous night, three shots were fired at him as he stepped into his hotel room, so, terrified, he escapes in secret on a passenger steamer from Istanbul. As he journeys home—alongside, among others, an entrancing French dancer, an unkempt trader, a mysterious German doctor, and a small, brutal man in a crumpled suit—he enters a nightmarish world where friend and foe are indistinguishable. Graham can try to run, but he may not be able to hide for much longer....