Send No More Roses
 First edition | |
| Author | Eric Ambler |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Publication date | 1977 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| OCLC | 1119913956 |
| Preceded by | Doctor Frigo |
| Followed by | The Care of Time |
Send No More Roses is a 1977 novel by Eric Ambler. It was published in the United States as The Siege of the Villa Lipp.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]Criminologist Professor Frits Krom visits Paul Firman, alias Oberholzer, a crooked investor. Firman agrees to be interviewed at his villa on the French Riviera. They come under attack by Firman's former business partner, Mat Tuakana.
Reception
[edit]It is regarded as one of Ambler's late masterpieces.[2]
Kirkus Reviews wrote "You can be sure that Eric Ambler would never mix his metaphors, write an ungraceful line, or tell you a story you don't want to hear."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Snyder, Robert Lance (2010). ""The Jungles of International Bureaucracy": Criminality and Detection in Eric Ambler's The Siege of the Villa Lipp". Connotations. 20 (2/3).
- ^ a b Cornwell, Bob. "Screening Eric Ambler – His Work in Films | Crime Time". Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "The Siege of the Villa Lipp". Kirkus Reviews. 13 June 1977. Retrieved 21 December 2021.