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Send No More Roses

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Send No More Roses
First edition
AuthorEric Ambler
LanguageEnglish
PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication date
1977
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
OCLC1119913956
Preceded byDoctor Frigo 
Followed byThe 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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ a b Cornwell, Bob. "Screening Eric Ambler – His Work in Films | Crime Time". Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. ^ "The Siege of the Villa Lipp". Kirkus Reviews. 13 June 1977. Retrieved 21 December 2021.