Dirty Story Author:Eric Ambler The grenade landed below a shuttered window and when it exploded it blew the shutters open. I was still standing there dazed from the blast when a man in a white, short-sleeved shirt stumbled into the light from the window. He had a rifle in his hands. The instant he saw me he dropped it and put his hands up. I was terrified... — "The most unroma... more »ntic anti-hero in thrillerdom finds temporary financial salvation as a mercenary soldier for a new African state.... A joyful thriller." Sun« less