The Light of Day
About this book
Arthur Simpson is a petty thief who is discovered stealing from a hotel room. His victim, however, turns out to be a criminal in a league well above his own and Simpson is blackmailed into smuggling arms into Turkey for use in a major jewel robbery. The Turkish police, however, discover the arms and he is further 'blackmailed' by them into spying on the 'gang' - or rot in a Turkish jail. However, agreeing to help brings even worse danger ....
Subjects
- arthur abdel simpson (fictitious character)
- criminals
- criminals, fiction
- detective and mystery stories
- edgar award
- english fiction
- espionage
- fiction
- fiction, general
- fiction in english
- fiction, suspense
- fiction, thrillers, espionage
- fiction, thrillers, suspense
- greece, fiction
- jewel thieves
- thriller
- turkey, fiction