John Mikali è un celebre, osannato pianista, amato e ricercato dalle donne, ma soprattutto è un killer temibile e crudele. Anche Asa Morgan è un killer, un soldato che ha votato tutta la propria vita all'esercito. Un giorno i loro destini si incrociano tragicamente, dando il via ad una spietata caccia all'uomo che pone ad entrambi un'unica, agghiacciante alternativa: vivere o morire. Un thriller dal ritmo incalzante e dalla suspense mozzafiato, che avvince e incatena il lettore fino alla drammatica, ineluttabile conclusione.

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Modern fictionIt's 1944 and Germany is facing its final defeat. Five thousand miles across the Allied dominated Atlantic, twenty-two men and five nuns aboard the Barquentine Deutschland are battling home to Kiel. Allies and enemies, men and women, the hunters and the haunted all drawn into the eye of the storm.

Storm Warning

Jack Higgins, master of the modern thriller, teams up with Justin Richards, bestselling author of Dr Who, to deliver a pulse-pounding new instalment in the adventures of the teenage Chance twins.

 Barely have Rich and Jade Chance walked away from their terrifying ordeal in the Middle East, when they stumble into another nightmare. And this time, it's at the heart of the free world.

 As their father deals with missing nuclear missiles in China, the twins are finally enjoying their all-expenses paid trip to the White House. But the enjoyment isn't going to last long. Soon, the President they saved from assassination in Sharp Shot is targeted again. Now Rich and Jade face a shocking siege and a battle to prevent World War III - all from the comfort of home. The President's home.

First Strike

Nuit noire à Manhattan. Le président des Etats-Unis s'apprête à dîner avec un vieil ami. Dans l'immeuble d'en face, un inconnu a débranché les systèmes de sécurité et se tient à la fenêtre, fusil à la main. Sa tentative d'assassinat échoue, mais les commanditaires ont mis sur pied un réseau souterrain dont l'objectif est de faire régner la terreur. Leur champ d'action est vaste, leurs identités secrètes, leurs méthodes subtiles. Chargés de remonter la piste, les agents Sean Dillon et Blake Johnson croient avoir identifié le coupable. Mais derrière cet homme, s'en cache un autre, puis un autre encore. Et le dernier n'aime pas que l'on se mêle de ses affaires. Dillon, Johnson et les services secrets sont au cœur de sa cible. Bientôt, l'un d'eux tombera.

Les Justiciers

The phenomenally successful Jack Higgins teams up with Justin Richards to launch a sure fire best seller for children.

 The mother of fourteen-year-old twins Rich and Jade dies in a car crash and they are told they must go and live with their estranged father, who they have never met before. Neither the children nor their father get on, but when Rich and Jade witness him being kidnapped they are drawn into a dangerous crisis that could engulf not just their family but the whole world.

Sure Fire

Le grand dignitaire nazi Martin Bormann est-il réellement mort le 2 mai 1945 dans le bunker de Hitler, ou s'est-il enfui dans un sous-marin pour l'Amérique du Sud ? Le nouveau thriller de Jack Higgins, qui mêle fiction et faits historiques avec une rare efficacité, nous entraîne sur les traces d'un des mystères les plus fascinants de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Ce mystère, Henry Baker, passionné de plongée sous-marine, ne se doute pas qu'il vient peut-être de le résoudre en repérant dans les grands fonds de la mer des Caraïbes l'épave d'un sous-marin allemand. Ce qu'il y découvre déclenchera une véritable bombe : une mallette contenant la liste des noms de tous ceux qui avaient juré de soutenir la cause nazie après la guerre. Parmi eux, Martin Bormann, le duc de Windsor et plusieurs personnalités britanniques dont certaines sont toujours en vie... Jack Higgins, dont les romans sont parmi les plus lus au monde depuis le succès sans précédent de L'Aigle s'est envolé retrouve Sean Dillon, son héros fétiche, pour une chasse au trésor mortelle où la piste des derniers secrets du IIIe Reich recoupe celle des réseaux terroristes d'aujourd'hui. Un grand Higgins sous le signe de l'action, de l'aventure et du suspense.

Opération Virgin

The master of intrigue and suspense reunites the unforgettable team of his smash bestseller The President's Daughter to stop an unidentified assassin -- a woman who walks the streets of Manhattan, stalking the members of a secret political organization...and killing them, one by one.
New York: Late at night, the rain pouring down, a well-dressed woman in her sixties stands in a doorway, a gun in her purse, waiting for a senator to come home.Washington, D.C.: The phone rings on the desk of Blake Johnson, head of the White House department known as The Basement. The President wants him now.London: The Prime Minister sits thinking of Sean Dillon, the onetime terrorist, now his most effective, if not exactly most trusted, operative. It'll have to be Dillon, he thinks. There's no one else.Someone is killing off the members of a splinter group known as the Sons of Erin, normally not a cause for much concern, but the consequences are much greater than anyone realizes. For in these actions lie the seeds of disaster: the fall of two governments and the derailment of the Irish peace process. Dillon and Johnson must stop this unknown assassin, the heads of state agree, quickly, quietly, before all hell breaks loose...But they may already be too late. For in the Manhattan night, the silver-haired woman smiles, adjusts her rain hat more snugly on her head, and steps into the street. Four down, she thinks.

Une taupe à la Maison-Blanche

The Irish Peace Process is about to be blown sky-high and the fates of two governments hang in the balance, as the crack team of the THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER is reunited in this explosive thriller.

 New York: a woman waits in the shadows, a Colt .25 in her elegant hand. Her target: Senator Michael Cohan, member of an extremist organization dedicated to destroying the peace talks. Run by Britain's most wanted terrorist, Jack Barry, its secret links stretch all the way to the Oval Office.

 Washington: The President calls Blake Johnson, head of secret White House department, 'the Basement'. He needs to see him now.

 London: Brigadier Ferguson of Special Forces brings in the only man who can hold it together and stop all hell breaking loose - ex-IRA enforcer Sean Dillon, their most lethal operative, and Jack Barry's deadliest enemy.

The White House Connection

A classic thriller from Jack Higgins, the undisputed master of adrenalin packed adventure and the bestselling author of 'The Eagle has Landed'

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