The Light of Day, Eric Ambler
The Light of Day, Eric Ambler
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The Light of Day

Author: Eric Ambler

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/14/2012


Synopsis

Alfred Hitchcock said, Mr. Ambler is a phenomenon, and Graham Greene referred to him as our greatest thriller writer. This is an ideal title for introducing listeners to this master. Ambler brilliantly paints realistic portraits of his characters and the foreign landscape, mixing suspense with a subtle twist for added color. When Arthur Abdel Simpson first spots Harper in the Athens airport, he recognizes him as a tourist unfamiliar with the city and in need of a private driverin other words, the perfect mark for Simpsons brand of entrepreneurship. But Harper proves to be more the spider than the fly when he catches Simpson searching his wallet for travelers checks. Soon Simpson finds himself blackmailed into driving a suspicious car across the Turkish border. When he is caught again, this time by the police, he faces a choice: cooperate with the Turks and spy on his erstwhile colleagues or end up in one of Turkeys notorious prisons. The authorities suspect an attempted coup, but Harper and his gang of international jewel thieves have planned something less sinister but much, much more audacious.

About Eric Ambler

Eric Ambler (1909–1998) graduated from London University and established himself as a writer with five classic novels of intrigue published between 1937 and 1940: Background to Danger, Epitaph for a Spy, Cause for Alarm, A Coffin for Dimitrios, and Journey into Fear. During World War II he served in the British Army and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel. He wrote and produced a number of motion pictures and was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay of Nicholas Monsarrat’s The Cruel Sea. He then returned to writing novels, many of which became New York Times bestsellers. He is widely considered the father of spy-espionage thrillers.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Blaine

If you follow my reviews then you know that I am a fan of Eric Ambler and it pains me to say that this book falls flat for me. It follows the usual Ambler plot of an "every man" who is thrust into the path of danger, which usually produces a fascinating story, but here things go off the rail for me.......more

Goodreads review by Bruce

I have read 7 or 8 of Eric Ambler’s novels, and they all follow the same basic formula: a rather naïve amateur protagonist inadvertently gets mixed up with a gang of professional crooks or foreign agents, and somehow – with the odds stacked against him – has to extricate himself. Arthur, a middle-age......more

Goodreads review by Jamie

A thoroughly amusing heist/espionage tale featuring Arthur Simpson, a seemingly naïve scoundrel, petty swindler and coward who is a perennial nuisance to all those he comes into contact with. Ambler pulls off a superb balancing act between farce and suspenseful crime thriller, no easy feat.......more

Goodreads review by Alessia

(questa parte potete anche saltarla) Storia in italiano è anche sinonimo di relazione. Ecco: io a volte ho delle storie con libri, alcune delle nascono proprio dal momento in cui il mio sguardo si posa sulla copertina. Il primo incontro è stato così: io che faccio una sosta nei sotterranei dell’imp......more