A classic thriller featuring the most daring escape of the Second World War, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed.A classic thriller featuring the most daring escape of the Second World War, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed.American Colonel Hugh Kelso is washed ashore on German-held Jersey in Spring 1944, with top-secret D-Day plans in his possession. To get him back, the most daring escape of the Second World War must be planned and executed.Harry Martineau, bilingual philosophy professor turned assassin, and Sarah Drayton, a beautiful, half-French Jersey native, are selected to carry out the mission, and set off to steal the most precious Allied asset from under the noses of the Nazis…‘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 MailJack Higgins lived in Belfast till the age of twelve. Leaving school at fifteen, he spent three years with the Royal Horse Guards, and was later a teacher and university lecturer. His thirty-sixth novel, The Eagle Has Landed (1975), turned him into an international bestselling author, and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into sixty languages. Many have been made into successful films. He died in 2022, at his home in Jersey, surrounded by his family.• Jack Higgins is one of the biggest selling and most recognisable names in thriller fiction with over 250 million copies of his novels in print.• Jack Higgins is the author of the highly acclaimed and million copy bestselling The Eagle Has Landed.• Recent Jack Higgins titles have sold in excess of 100,000 copies.Competition: James Patterson;Clive Cussler; Andy McNab; Frederick Forsyth;
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