A career-spanning collection of crime and mystery stories with an autobiographical introduction by the Diamond Dagger AwardтАУwinning author.
Credited with inventing the modern spy novel, Eric Ambler was hailed by Graham Greene as тАЬunquestionably our best thriller writer,тАЭ while John le Carr├й declared him тАЬthe source on which we all draw.тАЭ Waiting for Orders collects eight of AmblerтАЩs 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 тАЬThe Army of the Shadows,тАЭ тАЬThe Case of the Pinchbeck Locket,тАЭ тАЬThe Blood Bargain,тАЭ and others.