A career-spanning collection of crime and mystery stories with an autobiographical introduction by the Diamond Dagger Awardâwinning author.
Credited with inventing the modern spy novel, Eric Ambler was hailed by Graham Greene as âunquestionably our best thriller writer,â while John le CarrÊ declared him âthe source on which we all draw.â Waiting for Orders collects eight of Amblerâs short stories written between 1939 and 1992 that range from the fringes of WWII Germany to the Cold War intrigues of Central America. This volume also includes six cases featuring the refugee Czech detective Dr. Czissar.
Stories include âThe Army of the Shadows,â âThe Case of the Pinchbeck Locket,â âThe Blood Bargain,â and others.