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Title: Early Ambler, but very good.
Review: Many people who have heard of the legendary Eric Ambler think of him as a mystery writer, whereas he is actually a writer of novels of intrique and suspense. The exception is Epitaph for a Spy which, while amply full of intrique and suspense, is also a mystery story -- the only true whodunit that Ambler wrote. However it is a mystery story of great integrity with none of the sleight-of-hand used by lesser authors to turn the least plausible person in the book into the guilty party in the last chapter. If you think of Ambler as a mystery writer, read Epitaph for a Spy and you won't be disappointed. But you will probably want to read Ambler's other intriguing novels as well, even if they are not mysteries per se.
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