Publication
Rockland, MA : Wheeler Pub., c1997.
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Large Print Fiction H
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359 p.; 24 cm
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Available
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Fiction. Thriller. HTML: During the Vietnam War, a brave young American saved the life of a French woman whose husband was reported dead. After a brief, passionate affair, the two learned that her husband was indeed alive. Twenty years later, the young man is President of the United States. On a trip to Paris, she comes to meet him with a lovely young person: her daughter, she says... and his. Other are aware of this relationship, and capture the girl, insisting that he not draw in any federal security agencies or she will die. He has ten days to comply with their demands. Only Sean Dillon, the former IRA enforcer turned security specialist, and Blake Johnson, the decorated Marine and FBI agent who heads the elite White House group "The Basement", are capable of saving the girl..… (more)
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LibraryThing member dbsav
A good read that gets you right into the action from page one. This is the second "Sean Dillon" book that I have read by Jack Higgins though I preferred "Drink With the Devil". Here, Dillon has been asked to rescue the daughter of the President from some Israeli extremists. Like other Higgen's
What I liked about this book is, like an old B-movie, it never slows down. Dillon and his connections have almost no time to solve a mystery and prevent an international crisis…and he's only in it for the money and the fact that he would hate to see a nice woman like the President's daughter get rubbed out by a crazy man.
Reserve this book for the beach. Don't expect Wuthering Heights and prepare to turn some pages real fast.
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books, the characters are net very complex (with the exception perhaps of Sean Dillon).What I liked about this book is, like an old B-movie, it never slows down. Dillon and his connections have almost no time to solve a mystery and prevent an international crisis…and he's only in it for the money and the fact that he would hate to see a nice woman like the President's daughter get rubbed out by a crazy man.
Reserve this book for the beach. Don't expect Wuthering Heights and prepare to turn some pages real fast.
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LibraryThing member taylorsteve
Mildly interesting thesis for the plot. I agree with other reviewers that the book has continual 'action', but often it seems that the 'action' is generally more a straight telling of a story without much description. I found the climax to be more involved in this regard, but I actually
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contemplated not even reading the end because there was no suspense as to how it would occur. All in all, a weak read, mildly entertaining, but could have skipped it and not missed it. Show Less
LibraryThing member kjflaherty
I picked this up off my dad's nightstand on a rainy summer day when I was 16 and I actually got really into it, which surprised me because I had never read a thriller/action type book in my life. It's not a masterpiece, but it was a fun read.
LibraryThing member HenriMoreaux
This novel is number 6 in the Dillon series and is basically a kidnapping & ransom story with the details jiggled a little.
The illegitimate daughter of the President of the United States is kidnapped by Israeli hardliners in an attempt to blackmail him into signing off on the wholesale attack of
Predictably the hero, Sean Dillon, enters the fray and after a few ups and downs the day is saved yet again.
Overall, it's not a bad book, it doesn't redefine the genre by any means but if you're looking for something to pass the time it will do the job.
I do have to say though, 6 books in to the Sean Dillon series the plot paths are getting a little stale: problem occurs visit someone from past who miraculously has the solution, or miraculously is in strife and will trade help for the solution go on to save the day after a temporary set back occurs.
Am hoping the next one mixes things up a bit.
The illegitimate daughter of the President of the United States is kidnapped by Israeli hardliners in an attempt to blackmail him into signing off on the wholesale attack of
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Israel's enemies - Iran, Iraq & Syria.Predictably the hero, Sean Dillon, enters the fray and after a few ups and downs the day is saved yet again.
Overall, it's not a bad book, it doesn't redefine the genre by any means but if you're looking for something to pass the time it will do the job.
I do have to say though, 6 books in to the Sean Dillon series the plot paths are getting a little stale: problem occurs visit someone from past who miraculously has the solution, or miraculously is in strife and will trade help for the solution go on to save the day after a temporary set back occurs.
Am hoping the next one mixes things up a bit.
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LibraryThing member DeaconBernie
This one brought a tear to my eye. There was a whole lot of tenderness throughout this book. Mercy was shown even to the first of the betrayers. The other betrayers lost their lives essentially at their own hand. Of course, the essential story is, as usual, off-the-wall but it still captures one's
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Original publication date
1997
ISBN
9781568954950