Eric Ambler

Here Lies Eric Ambler: An Autobiography

Eric Ambler

• 1987 Edgar-Critical/Biography winner
• Score: 10.37

Ambler peels back the layers of experience which have affected his life with the familiar skill he uses to unfold the plot of one of his novels.

The Levanter

Eric Ambler

• 1972 Gold Dagger
• Score: 10.22

Passage of Arms

Eric Ambler

• 1959 Gold Dagger
• Score: 10.09

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…