Angel of Death

by Jack Higgins

1996

Status

Available

Publication

G.P. Putnam's Sons (1996), Edition: 1st, 341 pages

Description

Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. HTML: 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..

Media reviews

Kirkus Reviews

In this by-the-numbers thriller, bad guy turned hero Sean Dillon becomes entangled with a mysterious and indiscriminate terrorist group known as "January 30.'' It helps that the villains of the piece are somewhat interesting ... creating January 30 to use as a cover-up for murders they carry out

in their effort to create chaos in the West. Let it be known that all of Higgins's trademark weaknesses are evident throughout- -plodding prose, awkward and repetitive exposition, superficial characterization. But so what. The formula is tried and true, and it works.

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LibraryThing member Roycrofter

This is the perfect book to take with you when you've got a lot of time on your hands; waiting room, plane flight, bus trip, whatever. You can stop and start without missing a thing, because you've probably read it all before. And you'll get through it so fast you won't feel guilty about the time

you've spent reading it.

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LibraryThing member DeaconBernie

With this work, Higgins has definitely come into his own. The characters are crisp, The plot is a gem. The end result is fully satisfactory. If I hadn't been hooked on this author before, I am now.

LibraryThing member jimgysin

This, the fourth title in the Sean Dillon series, gave me a chance to visit with some old and likable friends once again, but I'm realizing more and more that these old friends are terribly incompetent (mostly Ferguson, the head guy) and would have been removed from their official roles long ago in

the real world. The plot is unoriginal; the motives of the bad guys muddled, at best; there are numerous plot developments that require you to merely accept that some people must just be stupid; and the ending is rushed, as if Higgins had run up against a deadline or realized that he was nearing 300 pages and had to wrap things up. On the positive side, the pacing is good and the narrative moves along at a fast clip. I will continue with the next in the series, but I'm not overly excited at the prospect. If I were not interested in the ultimate fates of Ferguson, Bernstein and Dillon, I might be giving up on this series at this point.

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