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Cause for Alarm
- Author
- Eric Ambler
- Narrator
- Daniel Weyman
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 30 July 2020
- Run Time
- 9 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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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.
© Eric Ambler 1939 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
User Reviews
Book 5.0
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Brilliant story for those who like pre-WWII spy stories, and excellent narration. Highly recommend.
pigmint 2025-08-02
Details
- Author
- Eric Ambler
- Narrator
- Daniel Weyman
- Duration
- 9 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 July 2020
- ISBN
- 9780241492116
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Espionage and spy thriller
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.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.© Eric Ambler 1939 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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