After Eric Ambler

I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

If you devoured A Coffin for Dimitrios for its gritty pre-WWII underbelly of spies and crooks thriving in corrupt systems, you're hooked on espionage that's raw and unromanticized, where survival trumps idealism. Ambler's masterpiece resonated with your cynicism toward capitalism and power games, humanizing villains as products of societal greed rather than cartoon evil. Dive into recommendations like I Am Pilgrim that echo this with modern geopolitical dread, morally ambiguous heroes, and taut, atmospheric chases across chaotic worlds.