The Maras Affair

The Maras Affair
Author: Eric Ambler
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2010-08-22
Genre: Censorship
ISBN: 0755117646

Charles Burton, journalist, cannot get work past Iron Curtain censors and knows he should leave. However, he is in love with Anna Maras, who is in danger. Then the President is assassinated and a colleague is found dead. He decides to smuggle Anna out, but is sought by secret police and counter-revolutionaries alike.

The Maras Affair

The Maras Affair
Author: Eric Ambler
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2010-01-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755120655

Charles Burton, journalist, cannot get work past Iron Curtain censors and knows he should leave. However, he is in love with Anna Maras, who is in danger. Then the President is assassinated and a colleague is found dead. He decides to smuggle Anna out, but is sought by secret police and counter-revolutionaries alike.

Charter To Danger

Charter To Danger
Author: Eric Ambler
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2010-08-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755124065

Vincent Flavius, a millionaire industrialist, charters a cabin cruiser owned by Ross Barnes. Flavius is on the verge of yet another sensational financial coup. Embarkation is set for Cannes, but trouble begins. Shock after shock follows a strange encounter Barnes has with a girl in a dingy café. Murder and kidnapping follow.

Skytip

Skytip
Author: Eric Ambler
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2010-08-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755124073

Peter Ackland is ordered to rest by his Doctor. He travels to Cornwall and is greeted by Henry Braddock, who has a revolver in his pocket. Ackland also comes across other characters who try their hand at blackmail, and a stage that is all set for murder.

Passport To Panic

Passport To Panic
Author: Eric Ambler
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2010-11-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755125436

Lewis Page needs money urgently. He determines to get it from his brother who lives in a remote region of South America. However, he is in the hands of a notorious man named Benevides. Now held prisoner, Lewis learns what is going on. Fearful and dramatic events, with dangerous and violent intermissions follow.

Alarms and Epitaphs

Alarms and Epitaphs
Author: Peter Wolfe
Publisher: Popular Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1993
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780879726034

Examines both the differences and the continuity between the early and late work of American thriller writer Ambler, and considers the five novels, published under the name Eliot Reed, that he wrote with Australian writer Charles Rodda. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Dr. Frigo

Dr. Frigo
Author: Eric Ambler
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2009-06-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755117611

A coup d'état in a Caribbean state causes a political storm in the region and even the seemingly impassive and impersonal Doctor Castillo, nicknamed Doctor Frigo, cannot escape the consequences. As things heat up, Frigo finds that both his profession and life are horribly at risk.