Eric Ambler is the Agatha Christie of thriller writers – there’s never been a better one and this story proves the point as any one of the guests at the Reserve Pension on the French Rivieria could have been the spy who caused the chief protagonist, Josef Vadassy, so many problems.

Vadassy is under threat of imprisonment by the French authorities unless he finds out which of his fellow guests at the Reserve pension is the spy who has taken photos of the naval installations at Toulon and is working for a foreign power… Vadassy is cast in a role he’s uncomfortable with as he tries many different tactics to uncover his antagonist.

In the end, the French police find the spy with Vadassy watching from the shadows. This book is superb entertainment with no character being the person they state they are at the beginning of the story.

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