Eric Ambler

Eric Ambler’s Followers (448)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Eric Ambler


Born
in London, England
June 28, 1909

Died
October 22, 1998

Website

Genre


Suspense novels of noted English writer Eric Ambler include Passage of Arms (1959).

Eric Ambler began his career in the early 1930s and quickly established a reputation as a thriller of extraordinary depth and originality. People often credit him as the inventor of the modern political thriller, and John Le Carré once described him as "the source on which we all draw."

Ambler began his working life at an engineering firm and then at an advertising agency and meanwhile in his spare time worked on his ambition, plays. He first published in 1936 and turned full-time as his reputation. During the war, people seconded him to the film unit of the Army, where he among other projects authored The Way Ahead with Peter Ustinov.

He moved to Holl
...more

Average rating: 3.87 · 32,212 ratings · 2,883 reviews · 115 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Mask of Dimitrios (Char...

3.92 avg rating — 10,854 ratings — published 1939 — 185 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Epitaph for a Spy

3.91 avg rating — 4,944 ratings — published 1938 — 93 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Journey Into Fear

3.92 avg rating — 4,049 ratings — published 1940 — 116 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Light of Day

3.72 avg rating — 2,237 ratings — published 1962 — 109 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Cause for Alarm

3.86 avg rating — 1,652 ratings — published 1938 — 27 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Background to Danger

3.93 avg rating — 1,500 ratings — published 1937 — 67 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Passage of Arms

3.88 avg rating — 888 ratings — published 1959 — 62 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Schirmer Inheritance

3.73 avg rating — 862 ratings — published 1953 — 68 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Judgment on Deltchev

3.88 avg rating — 708 ratings — published 1951 — 84 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
State of Siege: A Thriller

3.85 avg rating — 598 ratings — published 1956 — 78 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Eric Ambler…
The Mask of Dimitrios The Intercom Conspiracy
(2 books)
by
3.91 avg rating — 11,285 ratings

The Light of Day Dirty Story
(2 books)
by
3.73 avg rating — 2,513 ratings

Related News

If you ask us, it's always the perfect time to lose yourself in a page-turning mystery. To help you sleuth out a new read, we asked the...
173 likes · 102 comments
Quotes by Eric Ambler  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“Never tell a lie when you can bullshit your way through it”
Eric Ambler, Dirty Story

“Reality is always so obstructive.”
Eric Ambler, Epitaph for a Spy

“Yet, when these facts are seen side by side with other facts in the case, it is difficult not to become lost in superstitious awe. Their very absurdity seems to prohibit the use of the words 'chance' and 'coincidence.' For the sceptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman Law, it is administered with sub-human inefficiency.”
Eric Ambler, The Mask of Dimitrios

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Challenge: 50 Books: Barb's 50 books for 2009 80 800 Dec 31, 2009 06:37AM  
100+ Books in 2025: Alan's 2010 List 127 195 Dec 15, 2010 04:46AM  
Boxall's 1001 Bo...: 1001 authors you must read before you die 20 431 May 25, 2011 04:12AM  
Exceptional Books: * Top Author Lists for Mystery Lovers 1 225 Nov 06, 2011 03:51PM  
Exceptional Books: Top 100 Authors: Mystery Novels 11 246 Nov 18, 2011 06:09AM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Fall Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC! 2251 782 Nov 30, 2011 09:05PM  
What's the Name o...: Suggestions for My husband? 15 111 Feb 21, 2012 03:36PM  
Mystery/Thriller ...: september 2012 - sandi 4 26 Oct 08, 2012 08:31PM  
The Mystery, Crim...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Currently Reading? Just Finished? 10125 3954 May 09, 2013 11:36AM