Commissioned to investigate these cases and develop a classic mystery story, eight of England's most distinguished mystery writers have recreated some of Scotland Yard's most exciting and notorious cases.
Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an influential British author of thrillers, in particular spy novels who introduced a new realism to the genre. He also worked as a screenwriter. Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda.
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