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.

A Fine Night for Dying

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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

Chantage, kidnapping, menace terroriste: en s'embarquant vers le Moyen-Orient pour sauver une fillette enlevée à son père et destinée à être mariée de force à un intégriste, l'agent Sean Dillon met le pied sur une mine prête à exploser... Un réseau terroriste aux ramifications internationales, vraisemblablement manipulé par la Russie, dirigé par un fou sanguinaire : Hussein Rashid, alias "Le Marteau de Dieu". De l'Angleterre à l'Irak en passant par l'Algérie, la France et la Belgique, Dillon va devoir jouer avec un ennemi doué d'ubiquité. Au risque d'y laisser sa peau. Et de nous surprendre, une fois de plus.

Contre-attaque

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

SEAN DILLON'S CHOICE: LIFE IN PRISON OR A SUICIDE MISSION.

 A diver discovers a priceless treasure off Thunder Point: a German U-boat containing proof that Martin Bormann escaped from Hitler's bunker, bearing the most explosive secrets of the Third Reich.

 Among them: the names of British Nazi sympathisers - some of them pillars of the establishment - and the devastating document known as the Windsor Protocol.

 For the sake of national security, the U-boat must be destroyed, no questions asked.

 Sean Dillon, Britain's most wanted terrorist, is about to be made an offer he cannot refuse.

Thunder Point

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.

DAY OF RECKONING

In Jack Higgins's new Mafia, no one wears gold chains or carries a tommy gun. Deals are done quietly and often resemble those in the "legal" business world. In fact, the tentacles of the Cosa Nostra extend into the most public of industries, including TV, film, and publishing.
When Truth magazine reporter Katherine Johnson starts looking too closely at the life of millionaire socialite and mob boss Jack Fox, however, the veneer of gentility dissolves immediately. Her body is found one morning floating in the East River, and the coroner suspects foul play.Wrenched by the pain of his loss, her ex-husband--former FBI agent Blake Johnson--decides to take the law into his own hands. In fact, as part of the secret White House department known as The Basement, Blake actually has the president's permission to take out Fox in the best way he sees fit. As Blake begins his Fox hunt, Day of Reckoning evolves into an international duel between the masterminds of justice and criminality. Blake struggles to exact his revenge by slowly undermining his opponents' businesses. And Fox matches him at every turn.While the contest between the power brokers is compelling on the surface, Higgins is unable to infuse his characters with enough life to make the story as engaging as it might have been. The heroes and villains borrow heavily from the classic James Bond play book, complete with brandy snifters, brandname cigarettes, Saville Row suits, and secret, world-dominating empires. It's fun to read as a sort of homage to thrillers of the early Cold War period, but Day of Reckoning never matches the success of such earlier Higgins greats as The Eagle Has Landed and seems to fall all too frequently into cliché. --Patrick O'Kelley

Le jour où il faudra payer

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.

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