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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 .
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 ...
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]
Print (Hardback & Paperback) Pages: 352: ISBN: 9781440629358: A Darker Place is a 2009 novel by Jack Higgins. It is the 16th book in his Sean Dillon series. Plot summary
Each book reads like a crime thriller and doesn’t touch much on previous Reacher stories, meaning the series can be read in any order. Serious Jack Reacher fans may have their own reading order ...
As well as appearing in The Eagle Has Landed and The Eagle Has Flown, Devlin also appears as a major character in the Higgins novels Touch the Devil and Confessional. In other novels, Devlin has made cameo appearances as a mentor to Sean Dillon (in Drink with the Devil , The President's Daughter and Day of Reckoning ) and Martin Brosnan (in Eye ...
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.