Eric Ambler: Background to Danger (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
Kenton's career as a journalist depended on his facility with languages, his knowledge of European politics, and his quick judgment. Where his judgment sometimes failed him was in his personal life. When he finds himself on a train bound for Austria with insufficient funds after a bad night of gambling, he jumps at the chance to earn a fee to help a refugee smuggle securities across the border. He soon discovers that the documents he holds have a more than monetary value, and that European politics has more twists and turns than the most convoluted newspaper account.

Eric Ambler: Background to Danger. Vintage Crime / Black Lizard eBook, ISBN: 9780307949936 (October, 2011), $11.99.

Eric Ambler: Uncommon Danger (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
Kenton's career as a journalist depends on his facility with languages, his knowledge of European politics and his quick judgement. Where his judgement sometimes fails him, however, is in his personal life. When he travels to Nuremberg to investigate a story about a top-level meeting of Nazi officials, he inadvertently finds himself on a train bound for Austria after a bad night of gambling. Stranded with no money, Kenton jumps at the chance to earn a fee helping a refugee smuggle securities across the border. Yet he soon discovers that the documents he holds have far more than cash value - and that they could cost him his life...

Eric Ambler: Uncommon Danger. With an introduction by Thomas Jones. Penguin Modern Classics, ISBN: 9780141190341 (May, 2009), 236 p., £8.99, eBook £4.99.

Eric Ambler: Background to Danger (USA 2001)

From the Publisher:
Kenton's career as a journalist depended on his facility with languages, his knowledge of European politics, and his quick judgment. Where his judgment sometimes failed him was in his personal life. When he finds himself on a train bound for Austria with insufficient funds after a bad night of gambling, he jumps at the chance to earn a fee to help a refugee smuggle securities across the border. He soon discovers that the documents he holds have a more than monetary value, and that European politics has more twists and turns than the most convoluted newspaper account.

Eric Ambler: Background to Danger. Vintage Crime / Black Lizard, ISBN: 037572673X (October, 2001), 280 p., $12.00.

Eric Ambler: Background to Danger (USA 1990)

From the Publisher:
It begins with a game of poker-dice that breaks Kenton. So when the stranger on the train offer him 600 marks for a small service, he can't refuse. He knows the man isn't to be trusted and his story is a lie. What of it? He needs the cash. That small service puts Kenton in the middle of a nasty business. Military secrets have been stolen from the Russians. Kenton finds himself dead center and a perfect sitting target for both sides.

Eric Ambler: Background to Danger. Carroll & Graf, ISBN: 0881846112 (May, 1990), 245 p., $3.95.