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The Light of Day

By: Eric Ambler
Narrated by: Oliver Dimsdale
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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.

©2023 Eric Ambler (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Accolades & Awards

Edgar Award
1964
Classics Edgar Award Espionage Literature & Fiction Mystery Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Heartfelt

Critic reviews

"The source on which we all draw." (John le Carré)

"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)

"Mr. Ambler is phenomenal." (Alfred Hitchcock)

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