Title: The Light of Day
First published: 1962
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 ....
Subjects: Jewel thieves, Criminals, Fiction in English, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Criminals, fiction, Greece, fiction, Turkey, fiction, Fiction, general, Espionage, Fiction, suspense, Thriller, Arthur Abdel Simpson (Fictitious character), Edgar Award, English fiction
Places: Athens (Greece), Turkey