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Nicky Marlow needs a job. He''s engaged to be married and the employment market in Britain in 1937 is pretty slim. So when his fiancée points out the position with an English armaments manufacturer in Italy, he jumps at the chance. Soon after he arrives, however, he learns the sinister truth about his predecessor''s departure and finds himself courted by two agents with dangerously different agendas. In the process, Marlow realizes that it''s not so simple just to do the job he''s paid for - not in fascist Italy, on the eve of a world war.

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'Eric Ambler is a master of his craft' Sunday Telegraph 'If you want to experience the feel of the Continent in the 1930s, you will find few better guides' - Robert Harris

Cause for Alarm

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    A Paperback / softback by Eric Ambler, John Preston

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 28/05/2009
      ISBN13: 9780141190327, 978-0141190327
      ISBN10: 0141190329
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Nicky Marlow needs a job. He''s engaged to be married and the employment market in Britain in 1937 is pretty slim. So when his fiancée points out the position with an English armaments manufacturer in Italy, he jumps at the chance. Soon after he arrives, however, he learns the sinister truth about his predecessor''s departure and finds himself courted by two agents with dangerously different agendas. In the process, Marlow realizes that it''s not so simple just to do the job he''s paid for - not in fascist Italy, on the eve of a world war.

      Trade Review
      'Eric Ambler is a master of his craft' Sunday Telegraph 'If you want to experience the feel of the Continent in the 1930s, you will find few better guides' - Robert Harris

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