Journey Into Fear - Eric Ambler • BookLikes (ISBN:0375726721)

Journey Into Fear

by: Eric Ambler (author)

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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.

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780375726729 (0375726721)

Publish date: December 3rd 2002

Publisher: Vintage

Pages no: 288

Edition language: English

Category:

Novels, History, European Literature, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Spy Thriller, Espionage, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Crime, World War II, Suspense

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AC rated it

11 years ago

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All ratings relative to the genre, of course.3.5 stars.Ambler wrote a series of novels from 1936-1940, then stopped for 12 years, returning to fiction in 1952. This is the last of the early works. Though these early works are considered "Classics", I found this book a shade immature in its techniqu...

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gavingrant rated it

13 years ago

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Very nice old-fashioned thriller. The tension is ratcheted up again and again. No one is who they say they are and people, they aren't nice to once another. Great stuff.

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Silverjump rated it

14 years ago

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I haven't read much Eric Ambler, and what I have read was many years ago. Reminds me of Agatha Christie's style of writing. Actually not bad though, for a book set early in WWII (around 1940 or so). Not keep you on the edge of your seat suspense, but enough to keep it interesting.

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