In 1720 the eminent man of letters Daniel Foe is approached by Susan Barton, lately a castaway on a desert island. She wants him to tell her story, and that of the enigmatic man who has become her rescuer, companion, master and sometimes lover: Cruso. Cruso is dead, and his manservant, Friday, is incapable of speech. As she tries to relate the truth about him, the ambitious Barton cannot help turning Cruso into her invention. For as narrated by Foe—as by Coetzee himself—the stories we thought we knew acquire depths that are at once treacherous, elegant, and unexpectedly moving.
Someone is killing off the members of a splinter group known as the Sons of Erin. Normally not a cause for much concern but this could lead to the fall of two governments and the derailing of the entire Irish peace process, so the assassin must be stopped.
Undercover enforcer Sean Dillon is the target for a vengeance killer in this action-packed new thriller from the master of the genre -- the author of the international bestsellers DAY OF RECKONING and EDGE OF DANGER. A ruthless killer is seeking revenge -- and she has Sean Dillon in her sights -- in this adrenalin-fuelled adventure from the master of the modern thriller. The murderous Rashid family were forced to pay the ultimate price for their crimes by the British Government's secret enforcer Sean Dillon and his undercover team. Yet one member of that oil-rich dynasty was allowed to live, and that could have been Dillon's fatal mistake. Kate Rashid witnessed her brothers being killed one by one, and now she has sworn vengeance. Sean Dillon, White House operative Blake Johnson, even the US President himself...their time is coming, and only she knows how -- or when.
Sean Dillion survived the Edge of Danger and Midnight Runner. But he isn't making any friends... Jack Higgins's previous novels Edge of Danger and Midnight Runner put British intelligence agent Sean Dillon through "a lot of thrills [and] wild action" (Los Angeles Times). Now a new enemy has emerged with a dark secret from World War II--and a score to settle with agent Dillon. "Starts off at light speed and goes quickly into warp drive, never easing up on the throttle so that readers never quite catch their breath. " -BookBrowser "The Higgins thriller-engine revs up." -Kirkus Reviews
Wartime secrets threaten to topple a President -- in the heart-stopping new adventure featuring Sean Dillon, from the incomparable Jack Higgins -- bestselling author of Midnight Runner. In the waning days of World War II, Hitler entrusted his diary to a young aide, Baron Max von Berger. Over the years, von Berger has used his inheritance to become one of the richest men in the world, developing a secret alliance with the Rashid family -- long-time foes of Major Ferguson of British Intelligence, his undercover enforcer Sean Dillon and their American colleague Blake Johnson. Now the ultimate confrontation is drawing near. The diary and its explosive revelations of a secret wartime meeting between emissaries of Hitler and Roosevelt will destroy the US President Jake Cazalet ...unless Dillon can find it first.
The death of a gangster draws super−spy Paul Chavasse into a breathtaking adventure on the high seas − an unforgettable tale from one of the true masters of modern thriller writing‚ the bestselling author of Midnight Runner and The Keys of Hell. Caught in the nets of a local fishing boat‚ the body of gangland boss Harvey Preston is dragged from the English Channel‚ wrapped from head to toe in heavy chain. British Intelligence suspects a connection with a cross−channel smuggling ring. But as undercover agent Paul Chavasse embarks on what will be one of the most dangerous cases in his extraordinary career‚ he soon discovers that this is no small−time operation − and the ruthless men behind it will stop at nothing to protect their precious cargo.
