- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: GP Putnam And Sons; 1st Edition edition (Feb 5 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0399153802
- ISBN-13: 978-0399153808
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.2 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #308,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
After almost two score books, many of them bestsellers, Higgins (Without Mercy) knows how to fire up a thriller. In the first half-dozen pages, he establishes his London locale; reintroduces recurring lead Sean Dillon, the colorful former IRA man turned British intelligence antiterrorism op; has Sean shoot a smalltime hood's ear off; and intimates there are much bigger fish to fry beyond the hood's Russian employer. The real villain is a Muslim extremist of the al-Qaeda variety: Hussein Rashid, aka the Hammer of God, and one of the most successful assassins alive, with 27 certified kills of American and British soldiers and Iraqi politicians. Hussein has his sights set on Charles Ferguson, head of British intelligence. It's a longstanding grudge, complicated by the recent kidnapping of Hussein's promised bride, his 13-year-old cousin Sara, who was earlier kidnapped by Hussein himself. The proceedings are complicated; it helps if the reader is a veteran of this long-running series. But it's all pure Higgins: almost every shot hits square between the eyes, and all the characters are hard lads indeed. (Jan.)
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'Open a Jack Higgins novel and you'll encounter a master craftsman at the peak of his powers ! first-rate tales of intrigue, suspense and full-on action.' Sunday Express 'Higgins is a master of his craft.' Daily Telegraph 'A thriller writer in a class of his own.' Financial Times 'The master craftsman of good, clean adventure.' Daily Mail
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BLAKE JOHNSON WAS RECEIVED WITH COURTESY AT THE American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, as befitted President Jake Cazalet's most important security adviser, the head of a secret White House operation known simply as the Basement. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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BLAKE JOHNSON WAS RECEIVED WITH COURTESY AT THE American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, as befitted President Jake Cazalet's most important security adviser, the head of a secret White House operation known simply as the Basement. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Not Good, Mar 3 2008
By R. Oppenheimer "Oppy" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Killing Ground (Hardcover)
I have read just about all of Jack Higgins books and this could be the worst of them all!! Good plot but it appears that this was a hurry up and get it done book. Buy it used !
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not worth reading!, July 6 2009
By Christos Markou - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Killing Ground (Mass Market Paperback)
Higgins has been one of my favourite thriller writters, but this is certainly not worth the effort reading it! Boring, predictable and shallow!The plot is ill developed, the characters are just a repetition from previous novels, the novelty is just not there! Spend your time on something more interesting!
13 of 18 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Sadly predictable, Feb 24 2008
By Stephen M. Zielinski - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Killing Ground (Audio CD)
I couldn't believe Mr. Higgins could write yet another book with the same characters...Dillon, Roper, Ferguson and the Salters fighting the same tired old foes...the IRA and now al-qaeda. Yet here it is, with all the predictable character "invulnerabilities" that his other books have. Dillon never misses a shot (they're always between the eyes), the Salters always get the bad guys and then have a drink, and Roper's computers always find the other guy's flaws first. Why not have some reality to this type of work? Perhaps Mr. Higgins could come up with some plot where these ageless characters take their leave, and stay that way. Otherwise, they are just as stale as an open bottle of Mr. Dillon's Krug champagne. This is my opinion only.
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