Dark Frontier - Softcover

Ambler, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446400017 ISBN 13: 9780446400015

Publisher: Mysterious Pr, 1991

Synopsis

Another thriller by the author of "The Mask of Dimitrios", "The Schirmer Inheritance" and "The Levanter".

About this title

Review:

"A must for the mystery faithful." --"Los Angeles Times"

"[Ambler] was wonderfully gifted. . . . It is a pleasure to see where the master began." --"Chicago Tribune"

"The thinking man's thriller writer." --"The Washington Post"

"Ambler is, quite simply, the best." --"The New Yorker"
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"Busy and engaging. . . . ["The Dark Frontier"] is a romp, although with hints of the harder line that Ambler was to take in the later novels." --"Los Angeles Times"

"The foremost thriller writer of our time." --"Time "

"Mr. Ambler is a phenomenon!" --Alfred Hitchcock

"One of the masters of the thriller. . . . Ambler took the spy thriller out of the gentility of the drawing room and into the back streets . . . where it all really happened." "--Associated Press"

"Ambler is incapable of writing a dull paragraph."--" Sunday Times "(London)

A must for the mystery faithful. "Los Angeles Times"
[Ambler] was wonderfully gifted. . . . It is a pleasure to see where the master began. "Chicago Tribune"
The thinking man s thriller writer. "The Washington Post"
Ambler is, quite simply, the best. "The New Yorker"
""
Busy and engaging. . . . ["The Dark Frontier"] is a romp, although with hints of the harder line that Ambler was to take in the later novels. "Los Angeles Times"
The foremost thriller writer of our time. "Time "
Mr. Ambler is a phenomenon! Alfred Hitchcock
One of the masters of the thriller. . . . Ambler took the spy thriller out of the gentility of the drawing room and into the back streets . . . where it all really happened. " Associated Press"
Ambler is incapable of writing a dull paragraph. " Sunday Times "(London)"

A must for the mystery faithful. Los Angeles Times
[Ambler] was wonderfully gifted. . . . It is a pleasure to see where the master began. Chicago Tribune
The thinking man s thriller writer. The Washington Post
Ambler is, quite simply, the best. The New Yorker

Busy and engaging. . . . [The Dark Frontier] is a romp, although with hints of the harder line that Ambler was to take in the later novels. Los Angeles Times
The foremost thriller writer of our time. Time
Mr. Ambler is a phenomenon! Alfred Hitchcock
One of the masters of the thriller. . . . Ambler took the spy thriller out of the gentility of the drawing room and into the back streets . . . where it all really happened. Associated Press
Ambler is incapable of writing a dull paragraph. Sunday Times (London)"

"A must for the mystery faithful." --Los Angeles Times

"[Ambler] was wonderfully gifted. . . . It is a pleasure to see where the master began." --Chicago Tribune

"The thinking man's thriller writer." --The Washington Post

"Ambler is, quite simply, the best." --The New Yorker

"Busy and engaging. . . . [The Dark Frontier] is a romp, although with hints of the harder line that Ambler was to take in the later novels." --Los Angeles Times

"The foremost thriller writer of our time." --Time

"Mr. Ambler is a phenomenon!" --Alfred Hitchcock

"One of the masters of the thriller. . . . Ambler took the spy thriller out of the gentility of the drawing room and into the back streets . . . where it all really happened." --Associated Press

"Ambler is incapable of writing a dull paragraph."-- Sunday Times (London)

About the Author:

Eric Ambler was born in London in 1909. Before turning to writing full-time, he worked at an engineering firm, and wrote copy for an advertising agency. His first novel was published in 1936. During the course of his career, Ambler was awarded two Gold Daggers, a Silver Dagger, and a Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain, named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers Association of America, and made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. In addition to his novels, Ambler wrote a number of screenplays, including A Night to Remember and The Cruel Sea, which won him an Oscar nomination. Eric Ambler died in 1998.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mysterious Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0446400017
• ISBN 13: 9780446400015
• Binding: Paperback