The Light of Day was the basis for Jules Dassin’s classic film, Topkapi .

When Arthur Abdel Simpson first spots Harper in the Athens airport, he recognizes him as a tourist unfamiliar with city and in need of a private driver. In other words, the perfect mark for Simpson’s brand of entrepreneurship. But Harper proves to be more the spider than the fly when he catches Simpson riffling his wallet for traveler’s checks. Soon Simpson finds himself blackmailed into driving a suspicious car across the Turkish border. Then, when he is caught again, this time by the police, he faces a choice: cooperate with the Turks and spy on his erstwhile colleagues or end up in one of Turkey’s notorious prisons. The authorities suspect an attempted coup, but Harper and his gang of international jewel thieves have planned something both less sinister and much, much more audacious.

埃裏剋•安布勒 Eric Ambler（1909-1998）

愛倫•坡終身大師奬得主，被英國《衛報》譽為“現代懸疑小說之父”。

安布勒開創性地將現實主義風格中的驚險、逼真引入懸疑小說流派，並憑藉自己精妙的敘事技巧，將懸疑小說提升到文學的高度，成為希區柯剋、007之父弗萊明、約翰•勒卡雷、格雷厄姆•格林等多位懸疑大師的靈感源泉。

在本書中，安布勒用優雅、幽默的語言，不斷反轉的情節構思，令人沉浸其中。透過一個小賊離奇荒誕的冒險故事，錶達瞭對小人物境遇的深切關懷。在動蕩、逃亡和重重陰謀中，展現瞭人性中那些或陰暗或迷人的特質。