Sean Dillon (9 books in series)
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review 1: Third or fourth Higgins book I've read. Thought Storm Warning was very good and this was surprisingly entertaining despite the fact that I've only read one other in this series. I think it was the one that follows this one and I didn't like it very much. This entry moves right al...
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review 1: I almost gave this book five stars because Higgins blends in enough sex to make it interesting along with the storyline. If you love English spook thrillers, you'll love this one!The Alexander Kurbsky Affair. Alex Kurbsky, a retired Russian soldier hero and novelist is giving a s...
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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 ...
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review 1: Jack Higgins has another winner of a group in this Sean Dillon novel. With the President heading to London, Islamic terrorists are planning to disrupt the visit and try to kill the President and the British Prime Minister.Joining the crew is a young lady named Sara Gideon, whose...
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review 1: Not bad, though I never like starting a series in the middle (or with its most recent, as this is).It started off with a bang, then had a couple of pages of genuinely clunky exposition, as people who'd known each other for years met and explained themselves purely for the reader'...
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review 1: Spy thriller about former IRA types who are working now for British intelligence and trying to defuse an Al Quaida plot against Briain. On audio it was difficult to follow all the characters and keep track of what side they were on and the story seemed a vehicle for episodes of ...
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review 1: This was an interesting story that was bringing in some new characters who will clearly become more direct players in future novels. I liked the story overall but the main climax left me feeling unclear how I felt about what Higgins did. I don't want to be too specific as that wo...
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review 1: I used to love these books and I've read all his books since The Eagle Has Landed w/the exception of 1 or 2 more recent ones, with these same characters. this was no different than the others, I enjoy the characters, but perhaps the story line, always the same but varied, is get...
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review 1: An introduction to a new character to Ferguson's group...as they confront a threat to the new character and the group themselves...enemies from all side including radical Jihadists, old Irish revolutionaries and the rising Russians...I think I've read this one earlier in one of m...