The Midnight Bell

Zusatztext Praise for the Sean Dillon series “Jack Higgins is one of the best-selling authors of popular fiction in the world! often considered the architect of the modern thriller! Rain on the Dead is sure to top the bestseller lists.”—The Huffington Post   “Higgins is an author with the creative power to hook the reader and keep them forever because of his terrific tales. There are many villains out there! but Higgins is by far the greatest at bringing to life the best and worst of them all...Avid Higgins readers will enjoy the new package of thrills and chills! because this iconic suspense/thriller writer has most definitely done it again!”— Suspense Magazine   “ Rain on the Dead is another solid entry in the Sean Dillon series [with] the usual satisfying mixture of action and character. Higgins is a veteran of the genre.”— Booklist Praise for Jack Higgins “A seasoned pro...Mr. Higgins knows how to tell a story!”— The New York Times Book Review “Jack Higgins has written some of the best suspense fiction of the past fifty years.” — The San Diego Union-Tribune “When it comes to thriller writers! one name stands well above the crowd—Jack Higgins.”—Associated Press “Higgins makes the pages fly.”— New York Daily News Informationen zum Autor Jack Higgins lives on Jersey in the Channel Islands. The author of dozens of bestsellers! most famously The Eagle Has Landed ! he served three years with the Royal Horse Guards in Eastern Europe during the Cold War! and subsequently was a circus roustabout! a factory worker! a truck driver! and a laborer before entering college at age 27. He holds degrees in sociology! social psychology! and economics! and a doctorate in media. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts! he is an expert scuba diver and marksman. ***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected copy proof*** Copyright © 2016 Jack Higgins   ONE An east wind with driving rain and sleet pushed across the airport as the Gulfstream landed.  It was immediately approached by a security limousine from the White House, which Blake Johnson, alighting from the plane, was surprised to see was being driven by his long-time secretary, Alice Quarmby.  He opened the passenger door, tossed his valise inside, and joined her.             “What are you doing here?”             “Protecting your back, you idiot,” she told him as she drove away.  “You were supposed to bring Jake Cazalet back with you from London, and here you are, alone. I’m a nervous old broad when it comes to my boss, so I’d like to know why.”             “Sorry, Alice, it’s for the ears of the President only.”             “Well, it better be good.  With his second term coming up, he needs to show who’s in charge and here’s former President Jake Cazalet — a fine President in his day, mind you —dining with the Prime Minister and giving interviews to the media as if he’s the official mouthpiece for American foreign policy. You know the White House isn’t pleased about that.”             “I know — but enough about that.  Anything else come up?”             “Apparently, the President has made a new friend.”             “Really? Who?”                       “A Colonel Samuel Hunter. I did some research — don’t ask me where. He has a  decent black ops record in the Army, nothing spectacular, and since them, he’s spent five years with the CIA, where he runs a Special Projects Department. He gets around a lot.”             “So what’s the ‘special project’ she’s come up with that appeals to the Oval Office?”             “The President has become interested in the private army business since you were last here.”             “Mercenaries?” Blake was amazed.  “What on earth for?”             “The new name for the...

Product details

• Authors: Jack Higgins
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2016, delayed
• EAN: 9780399185304
• ISBN: 978-0-399-18530-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Sean Dillon; Sean Dillon
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense