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G.P. Putnam's Sons (2002), 320 pages
Description
From bestselling author Jack Higgins comes a new thriller reuniting heroic American agent Blake Johnson and ex-IRA enforcer Sean Dillon. They join forces in a desperate race to stop a fanatical clan of international warriors from taking its ultimate revenge. Its target? The President of the United States.
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LibraryThing member amacmillen
Sean Dillon novel about a family with mixed loyalties between their Arabic and British roots.
LibraryThing member HenriMoreaux
The 9th book in the Sean Dillion series is an underwhelming entrant. Although fast paced initially and interesting with the lead up to the attempted assassination of the US President it quickly thereafter slows to a mediocre level of action with a large serving of cheesiness.
The only thing that
The only thing that
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really remains with me having finished this book is the puzzlement at the sheer number of times Bushmills Irish Whiskey was mentioned. Never mind the gun play if anyone drank this much they'd probably be dead from liver cirrhosis, if seemed like every third page the characters were having yet another drink. Show Less
LibraryThing member DeaconBernie
I think Higgins changed his mind about this plot after he had begun writing. He carefully constructs a family (3 men and a woman, all siblings) and then sends them off on a murderous rampage. The notion that the oldest brother is mad seems to be a construct to explain the lack of a reasonable
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approach. Okay, but if that is so why do the other two brothers and the sister blindly follow? It is a stretch to think these highly intelligent and motivated siblings wouldn't at least suggest alternative ideas. To make the book a bit more enticing, there are continual face-to-face encounters between the good guys (Devlin, et al) and the brothers and sister. Devlin and company continually place themselves in jeopardy (not unusual) to do the honorable thing (not usual). At the end, we have only the sister still standing, and she is really conflicted since she clearly has a soft spot for Devlin and a promise to kill him. Far from the best of Higgins' work. Show Less
LibraryThing member RGaryRasmussen
Ex-IRA hero, Sean Dillon tangles with an extraordinarily wealthy, and evil family, who have roots in both Britain and the Mideast. His usual sidekicks, (now) Brigadier Charles Ferguson, and Scotland Yard Inspector Hannah Bernstein are present in the background, put they play smaller roles than in
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some of Higgins' other Dillon novels. This is classic Jack Higgins and Sean Dillon. Show Less
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Original language
English
Original publication date
2001
Physical description
6.73 inches
ISBN
0425182843 / 9780425182840