Caught in the nets of a local fishing boat, the body of gangland boss Harvey Preston is dragged from the English Channel, wrapped from head to toe in heavy chain. British intelligence suspects a connection with a cross-channel smuggling ring.
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Jack Higgins
Kirjat ja teokset yhdessä paikassa: 140 kirjaa, julkaisuja vuosilta 1981–2027, suosituimpiin kuuluu Luciano's Luck. Vertaile teosten hintoja ja tarkista saatavuus suomalaisista kirjakaupoista.
140 kirjaa
Kirjojen julkaisuvuodet: 1981–2027.
Even though her brothers tried to assassinate the President of the United States, Kate Rashid is determined to make those responsible for killing her brothers pay with their lives and embarks on a mission of vengeance.
The Trinity of DeathEmmet Keogh: A master assassin who can no longer remember how many men he's killed--or why. Van Horne: Priest, bank robber, and murderer-- on the run from the law, and his own soul. Janos: Businessman, enterpreneur, and gun runner--a mysterious man with a history even he wants to forget. Three desperate men, each trying to escape his past in the chaos of Central America in the 1920s--only to find that violence is a way of life from which no one scapes unscarred...
From the bestselling author Jack Higgins comes a new thriller reuniting heroic American agent Blake Johnson and ex-IRA enforcer Sean Dillon. They join forces in a desperate race to stop a fanatical clan of international warriors from taking its ultimate revenge. Its target? The President of the United States.
Super-spy Paul Chavasse embarks on a mission to Albania, to find a double agent whose cover has been blown and put him out of commission, permanently. Once there he finds himself at the centre of a deadly double-cross, fighting for his life.
For years, Jack Higgins's "battalions of loyal fans" (People) have thrilled to his "rip-roaring" (Associated Press) novels of honor, bravery and irresistible intrigue. Now, the master of suspense reunites the powerhouse team from his explosive bestseller The White House Connection to bring down an international crime boss-and this time, there's much more at stake than duty and honor... A journalist is dead after making the mistake of getting too close to international crime boss Jack Fox-but Fox made a greater mistake in killing her. Because the murdered woman's ex-husband is Blake Johnson, head of the clandestine White House department known as The Basement. Now Johnson and his Irish compatriot Sean Dillon are going to bring Fox's empire down around him. But Fox is not a man who backs down for anyone. So if Johnson and Dillon want to take him on, they will have to face his own brand of revenge-and it is a revenge every bit as deadly as their own...
"Higgins is the master."-Tom Clancy"A seasoned pro... Mr. Higgins knows how to tell a story."-New York Times Book Review "When it comes to thriller writers, one name stands out above the crowd-Jack Higgins." -Associated Press
As the Allied forces slowly begin turning the tide of war, Hitler vehemently orders the impossible--kidnap Winston Churchill, or kill him. A crack team of commandos led by a disgraced war hero must venture into the heart of England to carry out their mission, or die trying. Meanwhile, in a quiet seaside village, a beautiful widow and an IRA assassin have already laid the groundwork for what will be the most treacherous plot of the war. It begins on November 6, 1943, when Berlin receivs the fateful message..." First rate...a fascinating adventure story." --San Francisco Chronicle"The master's master of World War II spycraft storytelling... A superb and mysterious tale." --United Press International
In his first new paperback for HarperCollins, master storyteller Jack Higgins displays all his customary skills in a heart-pounding adventure with a less familiar setting ââ?¬â?? 19th-century rural Ireland ââ?¬â?? and featuring a swashbuckling new hero.
After the Civil War, Confederate Col. Clay Fitzgerald escapes to Ireland. But Ireland is embroiled in a civil war of its own--the Fenian Rebellion. Clay wants to avoid the conflict, but after witnessing the plight of the common people, Clay is unable to stand by. Taking the guise of a legendary outlaw, he wages a new rebellion of his own...
The island of Sinos. Strategically positioned between Greece and Turkey, this small Mediterranean isle is a relic of the past--an old Turkish stronghold fortified by the Nazis during World War II. Now it has become a prison for political offenders from the Greek mainland. A fortress of grim solitude andsecrets, Sinos is the last place anyone would voluntarily enter--but deep sea diver Jack Savage has little choice. After losing his boat in a suspicious explosion, Savage is approached by shipping magnate Dimitri Aleko. The multi-millionaire has taken an extreme interest in Savage's background as a Royal Marine Commando and his expertise in underwater sabotage. Aleko also has a job for Savage: masterminding the ultimate breakout... For on the prison island of Sinos, one man holds the fate of thousands in his hands. And Jack Savage is the key to unlocking that fate.
Joe Martin is unaware that the plane flight three strangers want him to make from the coast of Greenland to the site of a plane crash on the polar icecap may well get him killed
The New York Times bestselling author returns with another action-packed adventure. In 1962, abrilliant scientist becomes the key to the superpower space race--and the object of a worldwidemanhunt. A maelstrom of Cold War intrigue and espionage, The Year of the Tiger is Higgins at his best.
They call themselves "January 30", after the date of a British massacre in Belfast. They are allied with no one, killing American diplomats and KGB agents, Arabs and Israelis, IRA gunmen and Loyalist soldiers. But they are definitely the enemies of peace--and they are plotting an assassination that will shatter an uneasy truce that reigns in Ireland. Former IRA enforcer Sean Dillon must hunt down January 30 before they kill again. Before they spark another war. Before Dillon himself falls prey to the ultimate assassin--the Angel of Death...
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed comes another thrilling novel of World War II intrigue. The year is 1939. The lost Temple of Sheba is not just a biblical legend. A German archaeologist has found it. The Nazis have claimed it. And one American explorer has stumbled upon their secret... When archaeologist Gavin Kane is hired to find a woman's missing husband, he follows the man's trail into the ruthless desert of Southern Arabia and makes two shocking discoveries. One is the legendary Temple of Sheba, an ancient world as fantastic as King Solomon's mines. The other is a band of Nazi soldiers who plan to turn the sacred landmark into Hitler's secret stronghold. Kane's discovery could change the course of the war--but what he knows just might get him killed first.
Huom! Myynnissä olevat kappaleet sisältävät LOISTOpokkarit -kustantamon merkinnän ja leiman.
Iranilainen ydinaseinsinööri päättää paeta. Alkaa globaali kilpajuoksu, jossa Sean Dillon, Sara Gideon ja Pääministerin yksityisarmeija yrittävät päihittää Iranin turvallisuuskoneiston ja al-Qaidan. Kuka ehtii löytää ensimmäisenä miehen, jolla on kädessään maailmanlopun avaimet?