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Death Trade, The (2013)

by Jack Higgins(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1480523917 (ISBN13: 9781480523913)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Brilliance Audio

series

Sean Dillon

review 1: #20 in the Sean Dillon series. Dillon, a former IRA gunman, was rescued from a death sentence from the Serbs by British Security Services and offered a clean slate in return for his service with General Ferguson in the Prime Minister's secret force. In this entry he is joined by Captain Sara Gideon (introduced in A Devil is Waiting (2012)) to try to effect the escape of an Iranian scientist and thwart Al Qaida, which also wants the scientists services. Good page-turner with plenty of action that at times is somewhat simplistic.#20 - Sean Dillon series - An eminent Iranian scientist has made a startling breakthrough in nuclear weapons research, but he can’t stand the thought of his regime owning the bomb. He can't run because his family is being held hostage. He is desper... moreate; he doesn’t know what to do. It is up to Sean Dillon and the rest of the small band known as the Prime Minister’s private army to think of a plan. Most particularly, it is up to their newest member, an intelligence captain and Afghan war hero named Sara Gideon, who thinks there just might be a way to pull it off. But plans have a way of encountering the unexpected. And as the operation spins out, from Paris and Syria to Iran and the Saudi Arabian desert, there is very much that is unexpected indeed.
review 2: Dillon is having less and less to do in these stories you wonder why he's even there at all. It's a good paced thriller but you get the point Dillon would be better use playing piano in a bar. That seems to be his thing: the former terrorist who wows everyone with his keyboard skills. Man of a thousand face with the voice skills to match, Cambridge level acting talent we've seen none of these skills played on and it's been a long time since fans have seen any insights or growth in Dillon. Jack Higgins needs to shake this series up. Killing off Charles Ferguson and Billy Salter would be a good start. Ferguson is a minor character to the point of near irrelevance and gangster turned mercenary Salter is doing the devious stuff Sean used to. Sadly this is just another fix for the Dillon junkie. less

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