Journey into Fear by Eric Ambler

In Eric Ambler’s slow-burning cat-and-mouse thriller, naval weapons expert Graham is pursued by German assassins shortly after the outbreak of World War Two. He secretly flees Turkey on a steamship, but his assassins are always a step ahead.

Tense dialogues between naval weapons expert Graham and his assassin

“A little melodrama is sometimes unavoidable, eh, Mr Graham?” (49)

There are some tense dialogues between Graham and his assassin, but despite being frequently described as a brilliant engineer and weapons expert, Graham does not use his specialist knowledge to escape. An understated, dated thriller.

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