The author wrote a great account of the personal journey they embarked on. The honest and detailed writing made it easy for the reader to feel invested in their journey.

Here Lies is the autobiography of Eric Ambler and like the novels of his that I have read it is an excellent & enjoyable read and a book I would recommend

Thankyou to NetGalley, Agora Books and the author, Eric Ambler, for the opportunity to read a digital copy of Here Lies in exchange for an honest and unbiased opinion.
I usually don't read autobiographies but I was intrigued by the description of this one. I am certainly glad I gave it a go.
It thought the book was well written and, at times, funny. I enjoyed reading Here Lies immensely.

Eric Ambler's autobiography begins with a great opening chapter. Coming round from a near fatal road traffic accident in Switzerland he describes his experiences, as well as including some hilarious accounts of interviews with people at book promoting events. After this the book settles down into pretty standard stuff: his family, his childhood in South London, school days, early work, his ambition to be a playwright, his first novels. The final third of the book focuses on his war experiences, with some dramatic escapades in Italy with John Huston. The story ends shortly after the war with some thoughts about writing fiction and writing screenplays.

There was perhaps less than I would have liked about the genesis of his novels, but throughout Ambler presents an entertaining and interesting picture of himself, his family and his life. The account is genial and often frank, but also selective. Less perhaps is revealed than is immediately apparent.

An entertaining but serious, well written, sometimes intimate, and understated auto biography that goes from his younger years right through the Second World War. Mr. Ambler led an interesting’ if sometimes dangerous life. After a mundane job in a factory he moved on to copywriting. And then on to his writing of « thrillers, » And then to war, and danger, and propaganda movies. His description of his wanderings in wartime through southern Italy give a real sense of time and place. Mr. Ambler looks on his life in a sometimes detached but always factual way. His life reads like his books.

Here Lies
by Eric Ambler
Agora Books
Biographies & Memoirs , Mystery & Thrillers
Pub Date 26 Jan 2016
I am reviewing a copy of Here Lies through Agora Books and Netgalley:



In this insightful autobiography we get a look into the lives of one of the greatest thriller writers Eric Ambler.


This book talks about everything from his South London Childhood to his brief engineering career to his time as an advertising copywriter as well as publishing his spy novels. He even goes on to even talk about his time at war.


I give Here Lies five out of five stars!


Happy Reading!