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A Fine Night for Dying
- Author
- Jack Higgins
- Narrator
- Greg Wagland
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 20 June 2019
- Run Time
- 4 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
In Jack Higgins' final spy thriller featuring the top-secret Bureau, their premier agent Paul Chavasse is sent on an undercover mission to smash a gang of cross-Channel people smugglers. Will he get out alive?
When Special Branch identifies a gangland boss caught in the nets of a fishing boat, his rotting body weighted down with seventy pounds of chain, they suspect the involvement of ruthless cross-Channel people traffickers and hand the case over to British Intelligence.
The last time the Bureau had been called in, their undercover agent Paul Chavasse had ended up in jail. But that was nothing compared to this. This time Chavasse knows his enemy.
As he embarks on what will be one of the most dangerous missions in his extraordinary career, Chavasse infiltrates the operation and soon discovers that these are no small-time smugglers. The perpetrators will stop at nothing to protect their brutal trade. Is this mission too deadly even for Chavasse?
Critics Review
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‘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.’
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Details
- Author
- Jack Higgins
- Narrator
- Greg Wagland
- Duration
- 4 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 June 2019
- ISBN
- 9780008358884
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Adventure / action fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Narrative theme: politics / economics
Synopsis
In Jack Higgins' final spy thriller featuring the top-secret Bureau, their premier agent Paul Chavasse is sent on an undercover mission to smash a gang of cross-Channel people smugglers. Will he get out alive? When Special Branch identifies a gangland boss caught in the nets of a fishing boat, his rotting body weighted down with seventy pounds of chain, they suspect the involvement of ruthless cross-Channel people traffickers and hand the case over to British Intelligence. The last time the Bureau had been called in, their undercover agent Paul Chavasse had ended up in jail. But that was nothing compared to this. This time Chavasse knows his enemy. As he embarks on what will be one of the most dangerous missions in his extraordinary career, Chavasse infiltrates the operation and soon discovers that these are no small-time smugglers. The perpetrators will stop at nothing to protect their brutal trade. Is this mission too deadly even for Chavasse?
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