<strong>The Light of Day</strong> was the basis for Jules Dassins classic film Topkapi WhenArthur Abdel Simpson first spots Harper in the Athens airport he reco... » 

The Light of Day was the basis for Jules Dassins classic film Topkapi WhenArthur Abdel Simpson first spots Harper in the Athens airport he recognizeshim as a tourist unfamiliar with city and in need of a private driver. In otherwords the perfect mark for Simpsons brand of entrepreneurship. But Harperproves to be more the spider than the fly when he catches Simpson riffling hiswallet for travelers checks. Soon Simpson finds himself blackmailed intodriving a suspicious car across the Turkish border. Then when he is caughtagain this time by the police he faces a choice cooperate with the Turks andspy on his erstwhile colleagues or end up in one of Turkeys notorious prisons.The authorities suspect an attempted coup but Harper and his gang ofinternational jewel thieves have planned something both less sinister and muchmuch more audacious. «