Send No More Roses

1977 novel by Eric Ambler

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

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

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

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. 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.