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The Ability to Kill 

And Other Pieces 

by

Eric AmblerThe Ability to Kill (1963)
And Other Pieces
A collection of stories by Eric Ambler

 
Publisher's Weekly
This first American edition of collected true-crime pieces from the '50s and '60s by the master author of Epitaph for a Spy, Journey Into Fear, The Light of Day et al. belongs on every fan's bookshelves. Ambler's polite, leisurely stroll down memory lane is a delight. He deals with classic villains from England (Jack the Ripper), Scotland (William Burke and William Hare) and France (Marcel Petiot) along with more recent miscreants: England's James Hanratty (1961) and America's Raymond Finch and Carole Tregoff (1960). Ambler also turns his good-natured, sharp eye on film-writing and the pleasures of Maxim's, and there are lovely semifictional pieces on spies and spy-spotting. Especially delicious is the tale of ''Annettee'' in 1937 Tangier. There's nothing heavy here, and even Ambler's opposition to the death penalty is quietly posited. His new introduction has its share of graceful nuggets, too.

Genre: Mystery
 
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Hardback Editions

October 1987 : Hardback
Title: Ability to Kil
Author(s): Eric Ambler
ISBN: 0-89296-277-1 / 978-0-89296-277-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Mysterious Press
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October 1987 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0892962380Title: Ability to Kill
Author(s): Eric Ambler
ISBN: 0-89296-238-0 / 978-0-89296-238-9 (USA edition)
Publisher: Mysterious Press
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1970 : Hardback
Title: The Ability to Kill
Author(s): Eric Ambler
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicholson
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1965 : Hardback
Title: the ability to kill
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December 1963 : Hardback
Title: Ability to Kill
Author(s): Eric Ambler
ISBN: 0-370-00286-5 / 978-0-370-00286-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd
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January 1962 : Hardback
Title: The Ability To Kill And Other Pieces.
Author(s): Eric. Ambler
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1960 : Hardback
Title: THE ABILITY TO KILL.
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January 1938 : Hardback
Title: The Pocket Hercules
Author(s): Edgar Jepson
Publisher: Herbert Jenkins
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January 1987 : Paperback
Title: The Ability to Kill
Author(s): Eric AMBLER
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October 1972 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 045103449XTitle: Ability to Kill
Author(s): Eric Ambler
ISBN: 0-451-03449-X / 978-0-451-03449-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Signet
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October 1972 : Paperback
Title: Ability to Kill
Author(s): Eric Ambler
ISBN: 0-451-05266-8 / 978-0-451-05266-7 (USA edition)
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January 1970 : Paperback
Title: The Ability To Kill
Author(s): Eric Ambler
ISBN: 0-450-00493-7 / 978-0-450-00493-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: Nel
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January 1968 : Mass Market Paperback
Title: The Ability to Kill
Author(s): Eric Ambler
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January 1965 : Paperback
Title: The Ability To Kill, And Other Pieces
Author(s): Eric Ambler
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January 1964 : Paperback
Title: The Ability to Kill
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January 1963 : Paperback
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January 1962 : Paperback
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January 1957 : Paperback
Title: The Ability To Kill
Author(s): Ambler Eric
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1964 : Unknown
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1963 : Unknown
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1963 : Unknown
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