Hardcover, 214 pages
English language
Published Nov. 3, 1976 by American Reprint Co..
A coffin for Dimitrios
4 stars
(4 reviews)
A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel leads Charles Latimer, the author of a handful of successful mysteries, into a world of sinister political and criminal maneuvers. At first merely curious to reconstruct the career of the notorious Dimitrios, whose body has been identified in an Istanbul morgue, Latimer soon finds himself caught up in a shadowy web of assassination, espionage, drugs, and treachery that spans the Balkans. The classic story of an ordinary man seemingly out of his depth, A Coffin for Dimitrios remains Eric Ambler's most widely acclaimed novel.
Jonathan Arnold reviewed A coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
Review of 'A coffin for Dimitrios' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A solid archetypal "thriller" from one of the originators of the genre. A little too talkie though, with not quite enough action. Interesting premise, of a mystery author who accidentally meets up with a detective who shows him a body of a well known criminal (Dimitrios). He becomes swept up in the quest to find more info on this "master criminal" and soon things get out of hand.
Written in the 30s, it is a reminder of just how long this ridiculous War on Drugs has been fought and how many trillions of dollars and thousands of lives lost. Could it really have been that much worse to have it legal, taxed and regulated? I think not, personally.
Subjects
- Mystery/Suspense