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‘A thriller of the highest quality – ironic, witty, literate, ingenious, understated and unflaggingly suspenseful’ The New York Times Book Review

The last time anyone saw Lucia Bernardi, she was driving at top speed away from a Swiss villa – leaving the body of her murdered Iraqi lover behind. Now she has vanished, along with a potentially explosive set of papers, and disgraced journalist Piet Maas has been sent to follow her trail to the South of France. But finding her is just the start of his problems. Soon, amid a cast of con men, secret agents and revolutionaries, he must decide whether to land the scoop of his lifetime – or follow Lucia into ever more dangerous waters.

Publisher Review

The source on which we all draw -- John le Carre Unquestionably our best thriller writer ever -- Graham Greene Mr. Ambler is phenomenal -- Alfred Hitchcock A thriller of the highest quality - ironic, witty, literate, ingenious, understated and unflaggingly suspenseful * New York Times Book Review * Ambler is, quite simply, the best * The New Yorker *