# The Light of Day

**Author(s):** Eric Ambler
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-light-of-day/verdict.json
**Genres:** mystery, literary-fiction, spy-thriller, thriller
**Pages:** 232
**Publisher:** House of Stratus
**Published:** Mon Nov 01 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780755120536
**ISBN-10:** 0755120531
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-light-of-day

## Description

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 ....

## SageChimp reader verdict

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- **Unpaid reviews:** 0
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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**Themes:** Espionage