book cover of Blue Amber
 

Blue Amber

(2015)
A Story by

 
 
Imprisoned revolutionary Fricis Svaars knows his days are numbered. The Tsar's secret police plot his murder within the walls of Riga prison, but Fricis won't go quietly to his own assassination. His daring escape attempt takes him to the rocky shores of the Baltic Sea in winter, trapped between the guns of his relentless pursuers and the frigid waters of the open sea...

From the pages of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, this gripping short story of a man facing dangers both human and elemental was a 2012 Derringer Award Finalist for Best Long Story.



Genre: Thriller

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