The timing couldn't have been worse. For on the day that Nicholas Marlow proposed marriage to his girlfriend Claire, he lost his job at the Barnton Heath Engineering Company. Two and a half months later, and with still no work in sight, Marlow is forced to accept a post in Milan for Spartacus Machine Tools.
But no sooner has he arrived in Italy than things start to go wrong: his passport goes missing, his mail is being read, and he is convinced he is being followed.
Marlow knows that his predecessor had been killed under the wheels of a car. But now he has been given a mysterious note which claims Ferning was murdered . . .
Written in 1938, Cause for Alarm is a classic chase thriller of an ordinary young man caught up in extraordinary events as the world hurtles towards war.
But no sooner has he arrived in Italy than things start to go wrong: his passport goes missing, his mail is being read, and he is convinced he is being followed.
Marlow knows that his predecessor had been killed under the wheels of a car. But now he has been given a mysterious note which claims Ferning was murdered . . .
Written in 1938, Cause for Alarm is a classic chase thriller of an ordinary young man caught up in extraordinary events as the world hurtles towards war.
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Hardback Editions
February 1990 : Hardback
| Title: Cause for Alarm Author(s): Eric Ambler ISBN: 0-89968-470-X / 978-0-89968-470-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Buccaneer Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 1985 : Hardback
| Title: Cause for Alarm Author(s): Eric Ambler ISBN: 0-89190-466-2 / 978-0-89190-466-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Amereon Limited Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 1984 : Hardback
| Title: Cause for Alarm Author(s): Eric Ambler ISBN: 0-340-35098-9 / 978-0-340-35098-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1974 : Hardback
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May 1973 : Hardback
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1970 : Hardback
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1964 : Hardback
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January 1949 : Hardback
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January 1945 : Hardback
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January 1940 : Hardback
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January 1939 : Hardback
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1938 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
May 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Cause for Alarm (Penguin Modern Classics) Author(s): Eric Ambler ISBN: 0-14-119032-9 / 978-0-14-119032-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Classics Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
February 2002 : Paperback
| Title: Cause for Alarm Author(s): Eric Ambler ISBN: 0-375-72674-8 / 978-0-375-72674-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2000 : Paperback
| Title: Cause for Alarm (Pan Classic Crime) Author(s): Eric Ambler ISBN: 0-330-39619-6 / 978-0-330-39619-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Macmillan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 1990 : Paperback
| Title: Cause For Alarm Author(s): Eric Ambler ISBN: 0-88184-664-3 / 978-0-88184-664-5 (USA edition) Publisher: CARROLL & GRAF PUBLISHERS Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 1990 : Paperback
| Title: Cause for Alarm Author(s): Eric Ambler ISBN: 0-425-07029-8 / 978-0-425-07029-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Carroll & Graf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1984 : Mass Market Paperback
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February 1978 : Mass Market Paperback
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January 1974 : Paperback
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May 1973 : Paperback
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January 1966 : Mass Market Paperback
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January 1965 : Paperback
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January 1964 : Mass Market Paperback
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January 1961 : Paperback
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January 1954 : Paperback
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January 1945 : Mass Market Paperback
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1943 : Mass Market Paperback
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1940 : Paperback
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1939 : Paperback
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January 1938 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
July 1995 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Cause for Alarm Author(s): Eric Ambler ISBN: 0-7861-0772-3 / 978-0-7861-0772-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
July 1987 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Cause For Alarm Author(s): Eric Ambler ISBN: 0-7366-1182-7 / 978-0-7366-1182-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
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January 1966 : Unknown
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January 1945 : Unknown
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1942 : Unknown
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