ERIC AMBLER/ELIOT REED:

This is Ambler's output, with year of publication, alternate titles (if any), Swedish titles, and the detective of the story. There are two uncollected short stories (nos. 19-20). Nos 21-23 indicate the books that were published under the pseudonym Eliot Reed.

V/T = Valeshoff/Tamara
CL = Charles Latimer
AS = Arthur Abdel Simpson
DC = Dr. Jan Czissar


  1. THE DARK FRONTIER 1936

  2. BACKGROUND TO DANGER 1937 (Uncommon danger)
    Farliga zoner
    (V/T)

  3. CAUSE FOR ALARM 1938
    Döden i Milano
    (V/T)

  4. EPITAPH FOR A SPY 1938
    Till minnet av en spion

  5. A COFFIN FOR DIMITRIOS 1939 (The mask of Dimitrios)
    Vem var Dimitrios?
    (CL)

  6. JOURNEY INTO FEAR 1940
    Fara på färde

  7. JUDGMENT ON DELTCHEV 1951
    Domedag

  8. THE SCHIRMER INHERITANCE 1952

  9. THE NIGHT-COMERS 1956 (State of siege)
    De kom om natten

  10. PASSAGE OF ARMS 1959
    Vapenaffärer

  11. THE LIGHT OF DAY 1962
    Mitt på ljusa dagen
    (AS)

  12. DIRTY STORY 1967
    En smutsig historia
    (AS)

  13. THE INTERCOM CONSPIRACY 1970 (Quiet conspiracy)
    Säljarens marknad
    (CL)

  14. THE LEVANTER 1972
    Affären Howell

  15. DOCTOR FRIGO 1974
    Doktor Frigo

  16. SEND NO MORE ROSES 1977 (Siege of the Villa Lipp)

  17. THE CARE OF TIME 1981

  18. THE STORY SO FAR 1993

    1. The case of the pinchbeck locket
      (DC)
    2. The case of the emerald sky
      Tavlan med den gröna himlen
      (DC)
    3. The case of the cycling chanfleur (A bird in the tree)
      En fågel i trädet
      (DC)
    4. The case of the overheated service flat (Case of the overheated flat)
      Tredje gången gillt
      (DC)
    5. The case of the drunken Socrates (Case of the landlady's lover)
      Fallet med den kvinnliga husägarens bror
      (DC)
    6. The case of the gentleman poet
      En diktares död
      (DC)
    7. The one who did for Blagden Cole
    8. The army of the shadows
      Skuggornas armé
    9. The blood bargain





  19. The unknown traitor 1948 (Epitaph for a spy)

  20. Spy-haunts of the world 1956





  21. SKYTIP 1950 *

  22. TENDER TO MOONLIGHT 1952 (Tender to danger) *

  23. THE MARAS AFFAIR 1953 *
    Affären Maras


* Written together with Charles Rodda. Other books by Eliot Reed exist, but they are written by Rodda alone.

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