Des Dillon

Advantages: Typical higgins brilliant style
Disadvantages: bit predictable

...This is a typical jack Higgins book. His hero character Sean Dillon stars as usual and as always gets up to his old tricks of killing the bad guys. In this novel Dillons friend Blake Johnson (the white house security man), try to avenge the death of Blake's ex-wife. She was a reporter who was murdered for getting too close to the mafia conections of jack Fox and his associates. However Fox isn't as easy to track down and tame (as you would have probably expected), so Dillon and Blake take on the tough tasks ahead of them in trying to acheiove their goal, revenge. The book ofers the typical sean Dillon heroics and stupidity, and as per usual includes the blood thirsty scenes that all jack Higgins readers love. I'd definatly recommend this to you if you've read and liked jack Higgin's books before.... Read review

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Advantages: action form the very start
Disadvantages: ending possibly could have been more exciting

...After looking for this first instalment of Jack Higgins series of books featuring the likeable rogue Sean Dillon for ages. I finally tracked it down, and what a read it was. Below is a brief synopsis of the book: - The day before Hitler committed suicide, he arranged for Reichsleiter Martin Bormann to flee from Berlin by air to Norway, where a German U-boat would take him to South America. The U-boat never made it. Now, 47 years later, the wreck of Bormann's boat has been found, including Bormann's briefcase - full of incriminating documents. The papers include a document signed by the Duke of Windsor in which he undertook to ascend the British throne on the successful invasion of Britain by German forces. Someone high in the British government is determined to reveal the newly discovered secrets for his own sinister reasons... Read review

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Advantages: A clever book
Disadvantages: Thakes a while to get into

...This is probably one of Jack Higgins' best books, as he takes a historical event and builds fiction around it. We are introduced to Sean Dillon, an Irish ex IRA gunmen who works for whoever pays him. So called 'the professionals' professional', he is one of the cleverest operators in his field. Dillon is given the task of assasinating a key figure in the British government by an Iraqi Colonel. Using contacts around Europe, Sean Dillon takes up the task, and always has the last word as he is always one step ahead of the rest. This book makes for compelling reading due to the wide range of locations and characters used. By relating the story to a true historical event - the mortar shelling of Downing Street, Higgins produces a believable account of a possible scenario surrounding the incident. If you enjoy political/action thrillers... Read review

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