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Mystery · 1939 · PG-13

A Coffin for Dimitrios

by Eric Ambler

A British detective novelist investigates the career of a dead criminal — and discovers he may not be dead.

For14+GenreMysteryLength259 pagesRead time~7 hours

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Violence

Some

Assassinations; criminal violence; deaths

Language

None

No profanity

Sexual Content

Barely any

Brief adult content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

Themes of the criminal world of interwar Europe and the nature of evil

What this book is about

Ambler's 1939 masterpiece follows Charles Latimer, a crime novelist, as he traces the life of Dimitrios Makropoulos across the criminal underworld of interwar Europe — drugs, assassination, and international espionage. The definitive prewar spy thriller. For older teens and adults.

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