An Amazon Reviewer wrote: "Eric Ambler always relied on the contemporary political tensions to build his international espionage thrillers. The Care of Time is no exception except that it has stood the test of time for 22 years amazingly well. If you leave out occasional references to the Cold War, the rest of the book could easily have been set in January 2003. If you are interested in the question of how to control access to weapons of mass destruction, you will find The Care of Time provides you will chilling issues to keep you up late at night!

The key players in the book are an Arab ruler of a small Middle Eastern state, an American ghostwriter with a CIA background, and an international wheeler dealer in shadowy offerings. Amid them are sprinkled terrorists, generals, and reporters. The resulting stew builds around a thrilling, suspenseful plot in which the safety of all of us is put into question. To give you a flavor, here's how the book opens. "The warning mesage arrived on Monday, the bomb itself on Wednesday."

This book was donated to bookcrossing by my friend Jerry. I have recieved a request from a bcer in denmark for it so it's off on it's travels today.

Hope you enjoy it christina82!

Got it yesterday. Look forward to reading it.

Thanks a lot dagsapples

Started reading: December 5th 2010

Well, I finished this ages ago - and I really thought I had made a JE, but I guess I just forgot. I finished it some time during january or february in the first months after I gave birth to my first born - a lovely baby daughter!

The book fell apart as I read it - and it is now sitting on my desk along with a few other books I intend to try to put back together.'

I didn't really like the book - I thought it was a bit boring to be frank!

I have tried to put this book back together, but without luck.

So this will be the end of the journey for this book.