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Biographical note
Jack 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.
<p>‘Exciting and believable…Higgins writes in a terse, succinct style. He knows what he’s about and he does his job with skill, speed and sanf–froid – just as any good spy might’<br />New York Times</p>
<p>‘Higgins is a master of his craft.’<br />Daily Telegraph</p>
<p>‘A thriller writer in a class of his own.’<br />Financial Times</p>
Classic adventure from the million copy bestseller Jack Higgins
If there’s such a thing as a grade A terrorist then his name is Frank Barry. His ideology is money and his track record is flawless.
When the Russians want review copies of the latest NATO missile system, Barry’s the man to deliver them.
Stopping him will be near enough impossible, but one man knows all the moves. Martin Brosnan is a poet, scholar and trained killer. A graduate of Vietnam and polished in the ranks of the IRA he could be the key to ending Barry’s reign.
There’s one problem, Brosnan is languishing in a French prison, and only the powerfully persuasive Liam Devlin can get him out and working for British intelligence.
A gripping spy thriller
• Jack Higgins is one of the biggest selling and recogniseable names in thriller fiction with over 200 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.
• Touch the Devil is part of an ongoing strategy to keep the Jack Higgins name at the top of the action-thriller tree for years to come
Product details
Biographical note
Jack 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.