The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouthwatering prospect Daily Telegraph1940 An unassuming English engineer has travelled to Turkey on business And somebody wants him deadIt all began when Graham was taken to a nightclub in Istanbul and noticed a man in a crumpled suit watching him Then he narrowly missed being killed by gunfire on returning to his hotel room Now terrified he has been helped to escape in secret on a passenger steamer home But although Graham may try to run he cannot hide from his pursuers forever and soon he is caught up in a nightmare beyond his control