New York: Atheneum, 1974. dj. Hardcover first edition - Considered one of Ambler's best later works, this focuses on Dr. Ernesto Castillo, a young, cynical physician living in exile and practicing on a fictional French-Caribbean Island His nickname refers to his cold, unsympathetic demeanor with patients and colleagues. Some years before, his father, a left-wing revolutionary, had led an unsuccessful uprising against the ruling junta in his native land and was assassinated. Now a second coup is being plotted, and Dr. Castillo is reluctantly drawn in. A suspense novel praised for its 'urbane, amusing, cautionary' tone, intricate plotting, and atmospheric quality. 311 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-689106092.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2008) dj. Hardcover - The author grew to early adolescence in the priviledged strata of Liberian society, but after the 1980 bloody coup, she and her family fled to America. More than twenty years later she returned to try and find the foster sister left behind, and to find the home of her childhood. Map, photographs, family tree. 354 pp. ISBN: 9780743266246.