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by the British writer

Sarah Gainham Rachel Ames, née Stainer (London, 1 October 1915 – Petronell, Austria, 24 November 1999) was a British novelist and journalist who wrote under the pseudonym Sarah Gainham. She is perhaps best known for her 1967 novel ''Night Falls on the City ...

, her third published novel. At with many of her works it takes place in

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, where she settled in the post-war era. It was released in the United States in 1958 under the

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''Appointment in Vienna''.Reilly p.624

Synopsis

Kit Quest, a half-Hungarian British Army officer travels to Vienna on the pretext of visiting his family but in fact he is charged with hunting down a war criminal Otto Berger.

References

Bibliography

* Burton, Alan. ''Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. * Smith, Myron J. & White, Terry. ''Cloak and Dagger Fiction: An Annotated Guide to Spy Thrillers''. Greenwood Press, 1995. 1957 British novels Novels by Sarah Gainham British thriller novels British spy novels Novels set in Vienna Arthur Barker Limited books {{1950s-thriller-novel-stub