Jack Higgins
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
A detective takes on a vengeful ex-con in London’s seedy underworld in this classic thriller by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Midnight Bell.
After nine years in prison, thief Ben Garvald has been released, and he’s headed back to the old neighborhood. His remarried ex-wife and sister-in-law aren’t happy about it, and they’ve asked for police protection. Det. Sgt. Nick Miller,...
After nine years in prison, thief Ben Garvald has been released, and he’s headed back to the old neighborhood. His remarried ex-wife and sister-in-law aren’t happy about it, and they’ve asked for police protection. Det. Sgt. Nick Miller,...
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Series
Language
English
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"The new Sean Dillon novel, a knife-edge story of terrorism and revenge, by "the dean of intrigue novelists" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). "The bell tolls at midnight as death requires it." In Washington, D.C., on a night full of rain, a woman is struck down and killed by a hit-and-run driver. But she is not just any woman--she is the assistant to the head of the secret White House department known only as the Basement. And she had secrets of her...
Author
Language
English
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Description
When an eminent scientist makes a startling breakthrough in nuclear weapons research only to have the lives of his family threatened if he does not give his technology to the Iranian regime, Sean Dillon, Afghan war hero Sara Gideon and the rest of their team embark on a daring rescue mission that rapidly spins out of control.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"A devil is indeed waiting. The President is coming to London, but not to an entirely warm welcome. A fanatical mullah is offering a blessing to anyone who will assassinate the President, and though most London Muslims think the mullah has crossed the line, a few think otherwise. Urgently, Sean Dillon, General Charles Ferguson, and the rest of the small band known as the "Prime Minister's private army" are called in, augmented by an extraordinary...
7) Bad company
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
When Hitler's secret diary resurfaces, revealing a plot between the United States and Germany to join forces against the Soviet Union, White House operative Blake Johnson acts to secure the diary and keep it hidden.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
325 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When British intelligence receives a recording of terrorist voices during an Afghanistan ambush in which several soldiers and a medical team were killed, Sean Dillon is put in charge of an ensuing investigation to hunt down the attack's traitorous European commander.
10) Rain on the dead
Author
Language
English
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Description
Investigating the attempted assassination of a former U.S. President, black ops specialist Sean Dillon discovers a link between the would-be assassins and an associate from his past.
Author
Language
English
Description
For intelligence operative Sean Dillon, it is a routine passport check. But the events it will lead to will be as bloody as any he has ever known. He has no idea of the terrible chain of events he is about to unleash, nor of the implacable enemies he is about to gain. Before his journey is done, many men will die, and Dillon may be one of them.
14) Touch the devil
Author
Publisher
Stein and Day
Pub. Date
1982
Physical Desc
251 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
17) Dark justice
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An attempt on the life of the U.S. president during a visit to Manhattan is the first step in a plot involving the recruitment of a network of terrorists, and it is up to Blake Johnson and Sean Dillon to uncover the mastermind behind it all.
18) Day of reckoning
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
295 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When crime boss Jack Fox gives the order to kill journalist Katherine Johnson, the woman's ex-husband--a clandestine government agent--leads a crusade to destroy Fox.
19) Without Mercy
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
311 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When detective superintendent Hannah Bernstein is murdered, grief-stricken intelligence operatives Sean Dillon, Blake, and Ferguson set out to catch the killer, unaware that their efforts will have a life-changing impact.
20) Midnight runner
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
289 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.