Sean Dillon and his secret intelligence colleagues seek to help the American, Blake Johnson, avenge the death of his ex-wife, a reporter murdered for getting too close to a Mafia story. In London, Beirut and Ireland, the friends contrive to thwart the desperate ambition of Jack Fox.

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Jack Higgins. Tome 1

Fixée à 1997, la rétrocession à la chine populaire du territoire de Hong Kong contrecarre de grands intérêts financiers. Or voici que les services secrets anglais apprennent l'existence d'un protocole secret, signé en 1944 entre mao Tsé-toung et Lord Mountbatten, aux termes duquel ce paradis des affaires pourrait demeurer anglais un siècle de plus...POur Sean Dillon, l'agnet bien connu des lecteurs de Jack Higgins, une mission : retrouver coûte que coûte ce document, caché quelque part en Ecosse, afin qu'il solit détruit.Il rencontrera sur sa route la Mafia américaine, bien décidée, elle, à s'en emparer et à le rendre public - quitte à compromettre gravement les relations sino-occidentales...

Terrain dangereux (Sean Dillon, #3)

A thriller from the author of "The Keys of Hell", "Pay the Devil" and "A Fine Night for Dying".

Toll for the brave

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

A l'enterrement de leur mère, les jumeaux Jade et Rich font la connaissance de leur père, John Chance, qui les héberge. Mais la cohabitation est difficile et lorsque John, agent secret du gouvernement, se fait enlever sous leurs yeux, la vie des jumeaux bascule. Pourchassés, ils vont être pris dans une course-poursuite qui va les mener en Russie...

Mission explosive

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 the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed.

 Oliver Grant is a decorated soldier, Military Intelligence Major and a case-hardened mercenary. So when the stepson of a Mafia boss is kidnapped and taken to a Libyan prison fortress, Grant is the perfect choice to carry out the rescue.

 Except for one detail: he doesn't want the job.

 In an attempt to change his mind, Grant's young sister is snatched and he is forced to comply - he knows that the Mafia don't make idle threats.

 But then Grant's beautiful, innocent lover also disappears, and he realises that he is involved in a game that will be played to the death.

Bloody Passage

Sean Dillon is a master terrorist, an elusive, mysterious figure whose skills surpass even those of famed international fugitive Carlos the Jackal. For years Dillon has slipped through the hands of authorities on every continent, hiding in the anonymity of the underworld. But it is during the Gulf War, when Saddam Hussein is feeling the grip of the British and American forces closing in on him, that Dillon once again emerges -- right into the eye of Saddam's storm.Hired by Iraqi operatives to strike a blow against the allied forces, Dillon plots an attempt on Margaret Thatcher's life. His ultimate goal, though, is a mortar launch against the War Cabinet during a meeting at 10 Downing Street. As Dillon's plan progresses, his longtime nemesis Martin Brosnan, an American Special Forces hero who has known Dillon from his IRA days, is recruited by British intelligence to nail him. Just as Dillon is within Brosnan's grasp, he slips away again. Step by step, a deadly cat-and-mouse game unfolds, although the odds are stacking up against Dillon's capture.As the clock begins to tick, Eye of the Storm accelerates with heart-stopping suspense, hurtling the reader toward the novel's spectacular, unexpected conclusion.

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