On Dangerous Ground

On Dangerous Ground

by JackHiggins (Author)

Synopsis

A clandestine treaty. A death-bed confession. And the hunt is on for Sean Dillon, who must go head to head with the Mafia. The year is 1944. Just outside Delhi a British Dakota crashes, taking lives and destroying a clandestine treaty signed by Lord Mountbatten and the Communist leader, Mao Tse-tung. An historic agreement, one set to change the course of history. Over thirty years later, a death-bed confession from a Mafia kingpin reveals the answers to untouched secrets about the treaty, and just how much the British and Chinese governments would pay for its destruction. It's not long before Sean Dillon enters the fray; his feared expertise tested as he goes up against the uncompromising violence of the Mafia and the enticing dangers of a beautiful woman, more deadly than any professional killer he has ever known. Battling ruthless killers and the higher unseen powers of the government, Dillon must expose treacheries, colossal truths, and risk everything he loves in an explosive and thrilling quest for justice.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: (Reissue)
Publisher: Harper
Published: 06 Jan 2011

ISBN 10: 0007304528
ISBN 13: 9780007304523

Media Reviews

`Open a Jack Higgins novel and you'll encounter a master craftsman at the peak of his powers ... first-rate tales of intrigue, suspense and full-on action.'
Sunday Express

`Higgins is a master of his craft.'
Daily Telegraph

`A thriller writer in a class of his own.'
Financial Times

`The master craftsman of good, clean adventure.'
Daily Mail

`A splendid Boy's Own-style adventure... in the tradition of Alistair MacLean'
Daily Express

Author Bio

Jack Higgins was a soldier and then a teacher before becoming a full-time writer. `The Eagle Has Landed' turned him into an international bestselling author and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into sixty languages. Many of them have also been made into successful films