Touch the Devil

by Jack Higgins

1983

Status

Available

Publication

A Signet Book, New American Library (1983), 351 pages

Description

The hero of The Eagle Has Landed returns in a Cold War adventure that pits two IRA veterans against a ruthless mercenary whose only ideology is greed. Terrorist-for-hire Frank Barry has been wreaking havoc in Germany and France, with backing from the KGB. His next mission might be his deadliest, as Barry plans to steal a state-of-the-art missile and sell it to the highest bidder.   Only Barry's longtime rivals, retired IRA gunman Liam Devlin and his ally Martin Brosnan, can prevent the missile from falling into the wrong hands. But first Devlin must stage a thrilling jailbreak to free Brosnan before the men set off on a gripping race against the clock to eliminate Barry and his reign of terror.   From the New York Times-bestselling author of Rain on the Dead, Eye of the Storm, and countless other action-packed thrillers, this is an "exciting and believable" journey into the dangerous world of spies, assassins, and soldiers of fortune (TheNew York Times).  … (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member blueeyedgoover
Great book as always, Devlin and Brosnan never let me down!!
LibraryThing member brakketh
Just a bit of masculine brain candy.
LibraryThing member christinejoseph
mystery, Devlin, Brosnan, girl - Anne-Marie Audin get assassin Frank Barry

Frank Barry. Terrorist of the highest order. His ideology is money and his track record is flawless. When the Russians want review copies of the latest NATO missile system, Barry is the man to deliver them.

Martin Brosnan,
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poet, scholar and killer. Trained in Vietnam then polished in the ranks of the IRA he now languishes in a French prison fortress of Belle Isle.

Liam Devlin, Brosnan's best and oldest friend. Devlin wants Brosnan out of jail and Barry's trail, and he'll use everything in his power to do so...
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LibraryThing member DeaconBernie
It is very interesting to watch how an author's characters grow in complexity as the author continues a series. Higgins forms a good plot, sometimes misleading a reader, sometimes leaving the reader to grope. He is dependable in that his characters, though using evil means as easily as they might
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use good means, in good prevails. Since this is an 1982 Copywrite, it is great that he is still pumping out this type of fiction with a few facts now and then totantalize.,
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Original publication date

1982

ISBN

0451124685 / 9780451124685

Barcode

1603454
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