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A Coffin for Dimitrios

by Eric Ambler · 1939

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A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads mystery writer Charles Latimer into a world of sinister political and criminal maneuvers throughout the Balkans in the years between the world wars. Hoping that the career of the notorious Dimitrios, whose body has been identified in an Istanbul morgue, will inspire a plot for his next novel, Latimer soon finds himself caught up in a shadowy web of assassination, espionage, drugs, and treachery.

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spy thrillerspy thrillerMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of thisBritish mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of this
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Cold WarCold WarMore like thisLess of thisBalkan PeninsulaBalkan PeninsulaMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisEastern EuropeEastern EuropeMore like thisLess of this
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intrigueintrigueMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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