{"product_id":"2026100006502-secondhand-the-light-of-day","title":"The Light Of Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage — edges frayed and creasing visible, particularly at the top corners and spine; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: No visible markings noted. Binding: Appears intact. Stickers\/Labels: None visible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterwork of suspense fiction, The Light of Day follows Arthur Abdel Simpson, a small-time crook and reluctant spy who finds himself coerced into working for British intelligence after being caught smuggling in Istanbul. What begins as a simple job quickly spirals into a high-stakes heist plot involving a gang of international criminals with their sights set on the Topkapi Palace treasury. Eric Ambler crafts a tightly wound thriller with darkly comic undertones, narrated by one of crime fiction's most wonderfully unreliable and self-serving protagonists. The novel captures the seedy glamour of Cold War-era Turkey with atmospheric precision, earning Ambler the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award and later inspiring the classic 1964 film Topkapi.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887979049179,"sku":"2026100006502-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a37c97ef-001b-43a0-a578-626cd4a3305e.png?v=1781751716","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100006502-secondhand-the-light-of-day","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}