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Henry Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel The Eagle Has Landed (1975) sold more than 50 million copies [ 1 ] and was adapted into a successful 1976 movie of the same title .
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Day Of Reckoning is a mafia-themed novel by Jack Higgins, first published in 2000. It is one of a series of books featuring the ex-IRA philosopher/killer Sean Dillon as the antihero. [1] It debuted at No. 6 on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list for fiction. [2]
Henry Patterson, known to the public under his pseudonym Jack Higgins, published 85 books during his lifetime.
The Eagle Has Landed is a book by British writer Jack Higgins, set during World War II and first published in 1975. [1] It was quickly adapted into a British film of the same name , released in 1976.
The Killing Ground is a 2007 novel written by British writer Jack Higgins. Kirkus Reviews asked, "Can any other thrillmeister equal the Higgins corpse-per-page count?" [1] Publishers Weekly said, "The proceedings are complicated; it helps if the reader is a veteran of this long-running series. But it's all pure Higgins: almost every shot hits ...
The novel features Higgins' regular Sean Dillon, along with both American and British government operatives in a volatile Kosovo, made more so when one puts a bullet through the head of the ring leader of a group of Russian soldiers. While Dillon appears at various points in the story the lead character is an ex-army intelligence officer, Major ...
As in several of the novels by Higgins, the plot is surrounded with a prologue and epilogue. In 1975, the author, Higgins, meets an American historian in London, who gives him a photocopy of an illegally obtained secret dossier, with a one hundred-year hold, from the Public Record Office. The document purports to tell the story of Steiner's rescue.