The Light of Day (Audiobook)

from benfulton

Told with Ambler's usual sense of authenticity. You always have the feeling that he's actually met the people in his novels, and was wandering along behind them when they were spying at the Kremlin or stealing jewels from the Louvre. Adding to this feeling in this novel is a startling sense of am...

from dottieph

A cleverly written, suspenseful thriller. A quick fun read. Exciting twists in the story make this fun to read.

from auntieknickers

The basis for the film TOPKAPI, this novel is much more than a heist/caper story. It is told in the first person by Arthur Abdel Simpson, a half-British, half-Egyptian who lives in Athens on the shady side of the law. He's one of life's losers and a terrible whiner, but Ambler somehow manages to ...

from pnorman4345

Slick. Delightful. Our hero is short, fat , not too smart, dishonest, does poorly with women, unscrupulous, cowardly, you-name-it.

from spartacula2

Written in first person, a street-smart confidence man/petty thief, finds himself in over his head in a rather mysterious, international conspiracy. Getting more than he bargained for, Arthur Abdel Simpson is forced to commit crimes beyond his abilities for both the criminals and persuing law. Er...