The Collected Novels Volume Three

Three literary thrillers from the British author who has been hailed as “one of the finest writers of any language” (The Washington Post).

Orient Express: The passenger list on the train from Belgium to Constantinople includes a Jewish trader from London with a score to settle; a vulnerable chorus girl; a boozy journalist who’s latest scoop is in second class: a Serbian dissident on his way to lead a revolution; and a murderer on the run. As the train hurtles across Europe, the fates of everyone on board will collide long before the Orient Express reaches its final destination.

“Entertaining.” —The New York Times

It’s a Battlefield: During a demonstration in pre-WWII London, Communist bus driver Jim Drover acts on instinct to protect his wife by stabbing to death the policeman set to strike her down. Sentenced to hang, Drover accepts his lot, unaware that the ramifications of the crime, and the battle for his reprieve, are inflaming political unrest.

“Adventurous . . . intelligent . . . ingenious.” —V. S. Pritchett

A Gun for Sale: Raven is an assassin for hire whose latest hit—a government minister—is calculated to ignite a war. When Raven is paid off in marked bills, he also becomes the easiest to track—and police detective Jimmy Mather has the lead. But Raven’s got an advantage. Crossing paths with a sympathetic dancer named Anne Crowder, Raven has found someone in the wreckage of his life he can trust—and maybe his only hope for salvation. Because Anne is also Mather’s fiancée. Now the fate of two men will depend on her. And either way, it’s betrayal.

“[Greene is] a pioneer of . . . noir.” —LA Weekly