Best Selling Books by Jack Higgins

A high seas adventure following super-spy Paul Chavasse, this action-packed novel of gangland violence was originally published under the pseudonym Martin J Fallon. When the body of gangland boss Harvey Preston is discovered in the nets of a local fishing boat in the English Channel, undercover agent Paul Chavasse is tapped by British Intelligence to determine whether there''s a connection between the victim and a cross-channel smuggling ring. As Chavasse makes toward the center of the local criminal activity, he realizes this is no small-time operation. And if he doesn''t act quick, that discover may be his last.

Special Agent Paul Chavasse is about to start a much-deserved holiday when he is abruptly pulled back to active duty. He knows that if he’s being called into action, a job has gone bad—and it’s about to get a lot worse. As Hitler’s private secretary—and an influential member of the Third Reich—Martin Bormann was one of those rare Nazis who managed to simply disappear at the end of World War II. But the terrible secrets Bormann carried into oblivion are about to be revealed to the world. A manuscript that exposes former Nazis now in hiding is up for grabs, and there are those in power who have much to lose with its discovery. Now, Chavasse must retrieve the Bormann Testament before it is buried forever—and him along with it...

From the first name in heart pounding thriller fiction.

The phenomenally successful Jack Higgins teams up with Justin Richards for another sure fire bestseller for children.

When the Troubles in Ireland were ending, his were just beginning . . . A thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Midnight Bell. Sean Rogan is waiting for freedom. Convicted of staging jailbreaks for his former compatriots, he’s just biding his time until his pardon comes through as the fighting finally begins to cease. But he doesn’t get a pardon—he gets a daring breakout when his old IRA commander, Colum O’More, arranges for his escape. Because Rogan is needed on the outside. The organization is waning, and a large cash boost is needed to get it back in fighting form. The job is simple: Hijack a load of paper money marked for destruction and bring it home. But the IRA he knew is no more, and the boys he’s working with aren’t so much patriots as they are treacherous thugs. When the job goes sideways, he learns that loyalty and duty have been replaced by greed and betrayal—and that his friends are no longer very friendly. The author of The Eagle Has Landed and the Sean Dillon novels, Jack Higgins has electrified millions of readers around the world with his gripping thrillers that showcase what action, adventure, and international intrigue are meant to be.

Combat, love and sacrifice from the twilight of the war in this classic thriller of WW2 adventure.

A journalist tracks escaped Nazi Martin Bormann in this WWII thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed and Rain on the Dead. In 1945, as the Allies closed in on war-ravaged Berlin, Hitler''s personal secretary, Martin Bormann, made his escape. Since that fateful day, Bormann''s story has been shrouded in mystery. Thirty-one years later, a journalist has begun to finally piece together Bormann''s cunning getaway. His electrifying investigation exposes the unwitting role of five Allied POWs in Bormann''s escape plot as the Nazi regime crumbled. Now, with help from a surviving POW, this journalist follows history''s twists and turns to a final, shocking conclusion.

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

In Kosovo, American Blake Johnson and Major Harry Miller of Britain band together just in time to stop a rogue Russian captain from desecrating a helpless village. Actually, Miller stops him...with a couple of bullets to the head. In the world of covert operations, death begets death-revenge leads only to revenge. And before the explosive situation is put to rest, there will be plenty of both.

During World War II, a group of German expatriates trapped in Brazil must sail across five thousand miles of tempestuous water to reach their homeland--and face the deadly barricade of American and British military power.

Jack Higgins pits the heroic covert intelligence team of Blake Johnson and Sean Dillon against a hidden foe in a very different kind of game—with a very different set of rules.

The New York Times bestselling author returns with another action-packed adventure. In 1962, abrilliant scientist becomes the key to the superpower space race--and the object of a worldwidemanhunt. A maelstrom of Cold War intrigue and espionage, The Year of the Tiger is Higgins at his best.

They call themselves "January 30", after the date of a British massacre in Belfast. They are allied with no one, killing American diplomats and KGB agents, Arabs and Israelis, IRA gunmen and Loyalist soldiers. But they are definitely the enemies of peace--and they are plotting an assassination that will shatter an uneasy truce that reigns in Ireland. Former IRA enforcer Sean Dillon must hunt down January 30 before they kill again. Before they spark another war. Before Dillon himself falls prey to the ultimate assassin--the Angel of Death...

The President’s daughter has been kidnapped by Jewish terrorists. With the world watching, Sean Dillon is called in to find her, before the Commander-in-Chief is forced to make a decision which could rip the world apart.

In 1939, American archaeologist and part-time smuggler Gavin Kane is hired by a beautiful woman to find her missing husband, who embarked on an expedition to discover the legendary Temple of Sheba. When Kane finds the ancient ruin, it has become a Nazi stronghold and base of operations for Hitler''s master plan: the destruction of the Suez Canal. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The third thrilling novel featuring British expatriate Paul Chavasse from New York Times bestselling author Jack Higgins. Paul Chavasse is about as tough as they come. For years, he has made a dangerous living running men and intelligence across the Adriatic Sea from Italy to the communist country of Albania. But his ideals are about to be tested—more than he ever thought possible. The Albanian government, seeking to crush a religious resurgence within its borders, wants to find and destroy the Madonna of Scutari—a legendary statue of ebony and gold that has protected the faithful for a thousand years. Before government forces capture them, priests hide the carving deep in the marshes along the coast. Now, Paul Chavasse must outrun an entire army in a race to save the priceless relic—and the lives of thousands of believers...

From the bestselling author Jack Higgins comes a new thriller reuniting heroic American agent Blake Johnson and ex-IRA enforcer Sean Dillon. They join forces in a desperate race to stop a fanatical clan of international warriors from taking its ultimate revenge. Its target? The President of the United States.

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

Re-released on its 25th anniversary, this classic novel is widely considered to be Higgins'' greatest work. Threatened on all sides, a desperate Adolph Hitler orders that Winston Churchill be kidnapped or killed. Meanwhile, a beautiful widow and IRA assassin have laid the groundwork for the most treacherous plot of the war, beginning when Berlin receives the message, "The eagle has landed".