Jack Higgins
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New York Times Bestseller: An audacious Nazi plan to kidnap Winston Churchill threatens to tip the scales of World War II.
In November of 1943, an elite team of Nazi paratroopers descends on British soil with a diabolical goal: to abduct Winston Churchill and cripple the Allied war effort. The mission, ordered by Hitler himself and planned by Heinrich Himmler, is led by ace agent Kurt Steiner and aided on the ground by IRA gunman...Author
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The hunt is on for a submarine prowling the English Channel in this undersea thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Rain on the Dead.
In the waters off the French coast, a predator is on the loose. The French submarine L’Alouette has come under the control of the OAS—an ultranationalist group dedicated to maintaining France’s dominion in Algeria. They have been...
In the waters off the French coast, a predator is on the loose. The French submarine L’Alouette has come under the control of the OAS—an ultranationalist group dedicated to maintaining France’s dominion in Algeria. They have been...
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An intelligence officer fights to save his sister from the mob in this thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Midnight Bell.
Oliver Grant is an American intelligence officer, a hero of the Vietnam War. But when the Mafia kidnaps his sister, his life is turned upside down and he agrees to complete a dangerous assignment for the powerful mob boss Dimitri Stavrou in order to gain her freedom:...
Oliver Grant is an American intelligence officer, a hero of the Vietnam War. But when the Mafia kidnaps his sister, his life is turned upside down and he agrees to complete a dangerous assignment for the powerful mob boss Dimitri Stavrou in order to gain her freedom:...
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A desperate man goes up against the IRA to buy his freedom in this heart-racing thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Midnight Bell.
After surviving the war in Korea, Simon Vaughan decided the only loyalty he had was to the man in the mirror. For a while, the high-risk job of arms dealing seemed to be just the life for him. Too bad the Greek authorities didn’t see it that way...
After surviving the war in Korea, Simon Vaughan decided the only loyalty he had was to the man in the mirror. For a while, the high-risk job of arms dealing seemed to be just the life for him. Too bad the Greek authorities didn’t see it that way...
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The death of a gangster draws super-spy Paul Chavasse into a breathtaking adventure on the high seas - an unforgettable tale from one of the true masters of modern thriller writing, the bestselling author of Midnight Runner and The Keys of Hell. 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...
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The electrifying WWII bestseller from the master of the game. On the 30th April 1945, Russian radar reported a light aircraft leaving the vicinity of the Tiergarten in Berlin. But who was on board, and where was the plane going? Berlin was in ruins as the Russians moved relentlessly towards the concrete bunker where the Nazi administration was in ruins. But one man, Reichsleiter Martin Bormann, Adolf Hitler's secretary and eminence grise had a daring...
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From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed: An IRA hit man tries to walk the razor's edge when he finds himself the odd man out. In these edge-of-your-seat international thrillers, Jack Higgins introduces his profoundly conflicted and deeply flawed IRA hero, Martin Fallon, trapped in a life of violence and fighting for redemption. Cry of the Hunter: After joining the IRA, Martin Fallon shot up the ranks in the fight against...
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In the darkest days of World War II, an American Mafioso is the Allies' only hope to tip the scales of victory As the Allies struggle to gain a foothold in Italy in 1943, American gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano is pulled from his prison cell in New York by the U.S. military and handed a top-secret mission. Lucky must go to Sicily to persuade a distrustful Mafia to revolt against the island's fascist occupiers. If successful, Lucky's mission will...
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An ex-con must save Northern Ireland from a violent cabal, before the nation is plunged into chaos Former IRA operative Martin Fallon has survived prison, the bottle, and a police pursuit that sent him running the length and breadth of Ireland. As Fallon turns forty years old, the IRA needs his help again, this time to break Patrick Rogan, the leader of IRA Ulster, out of prison before he is executed. But not all is as it seems. When a newly freed...
10) The Iron Tiger
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On the eve of China's invasion of Tibet, a veteran pilot is enmeshed in a fierce struggle for survival Before the sun can set on Jack Drummond's career as a pilot in the British Navy, he must complete one final flight-a weapons drop over Tibet to aid guerilla fighters in their border dispute with the Red Chinese. But before he can complete the job, his plane and supplies are burned, stranding him in the Himalayas. Now, with his plane grounded,...
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Two pilots venture into the heart of the Amazon to save the lives of two nuns held hostage by a savage tribe Locals call it the Rio das Mortes - the treacherous Brazilian river where the Huna tribe is known to kill all who trespass. Despite the river's deadly reputation, pilot Neil Mallory agrees to fly supplies to outposts there in hopes of making enough money to buy his passage back to England. But when he and fellow pilot Sam Hannah discover a...
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A gunrunner's hunt for a fortune in gold leads to a life-and-death struggle in Communist China Mark Hagen's streak of bad luck left him broke, despondent, and barely able to eke out a living smuggling guns in Macao. But things begin to look up when Hagen gets a lead on a bounty of gold, lying untouched at the bottom of a lagoon in the marshes of southern China. Unfortunately for Hagen, he's not the only one after the sunken treasure, and the race...
13) To Catch a King
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A bartender and nightclub singer are thrown into the midst of a treacherous Nazi plot in war-torn Lisbon. As the Nazi war machine prepares to invade England, Hitler plots to kidnap the Duke and Duchess of Windsor while they travel in Portugal, and install them as puppet monarchs under the thumb of his fascist regime. But when an American bartender and a young Jewish nightclub singer catch wind of the scheme, they set out to derail the Nazi conspiracy....
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A Cold War–era British spy infiltrates Chinese-occupied Tibet to rescue a scientist in this historical thriller by a New York Times–bestselling author.
1962. The Cold War is on. The key to the West beating the Soviets to the moon is scientist Dr. Karl Hoffner, living under house arrest in Chinese-controlled Tibet.
In 1959, British Intelligence agent Paul Chavasse helped the Dalai Lama escape Tibet. Now his government has persuaded him to...
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Three classic international-bestselling thrillers featuring IRA gunman Liam Devlin. In The Eagle Has Landed, the inspiration for the film starring Donald Sutherland, an audacious Nazi plan to kidnap Winston Churchill threatens to tip the scales of World War II. In November 1943, an elite team of Nazi paratroopers descends on British soil with a diabolical goal: Abduct Winston Churchill and cripple the Allied war effort. The mission, ordered by Hitler...
16) Passage by Night
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In the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a deep-sea diver out for revenge must thwart a deadly terrorist conspiracy Harry Manning fled Cuba for the Bahamas to escape the chaos of the Revolution; to find solace in a bottle of rum and comfort in the arms of his girlfriend, Maria. But when Cuban terrorists bomb a plane in which Maria is traveling, Manning's quest for a separate peace gives way to a thirst for vengeance. To take down the terrorists,...
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One man's race to recover a hidden treasure becomes a struggle for survival against a violent criminal underworld Hugh Marlowe spent five years in prison thinking only of the fortune he'd stashed away before being thrown behind bars. Unfortunately for him, he wasn't the only one. Now the worst of London's gangsters and criminals are after Marlowe and his hidden bounty. And in order to leave behind his life of lawless abandon, Marlowe must outwit...
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Framed for a grisly murder, one man must descend into London's criminal underground to uncover the truth behind a deadly conspiracy When a young woman approaches Matt Brady from the shadows of the London night and invites him to accompany her back to her London apartment, it seems like a dream. But the next morning he awakes to a nightmare: the woman's body lies dead on the floor, and the police are hauling him off to prison for a murder he did not...
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A veteran agent goes undercover to stop a wave of prison escapes orchestrated by a sinister criminal network A mysterious man known as the Baron is the mastermind behind a spate of daring jailbreaks that have set the British Intelligence Service on edge. Only Paul Chavasse, a brilliant operative who can think like a criminal, can prevent the escape of another of Britain's most dangerous inmates. Chavasse must pose as a prisoner and win the trust...
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After a harrowing betrayal, a soldier fights for redemption In the darkest days of World War II, Captain Hugh Lomax was Greece's last hope to drive the Nazis from the island of Kyros. His daring mission, and its brilliant success, should have ensured Lomax a hero's welcome when he returned to Kyros years later. Instead, he discovers that his allies on the island have been executed and the survivors manipulated to believe that he had betrayed them....