A Season in Hell - Hardcover

Higgins, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067163691X ISBN 13: 9780671636913

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1989

Synopsis

Frustrated in her efforts to investigate the circumstances of her son's drug-related death, socialite Sarah Talbot enlists the aid of Sean Egan, a former SAS sargeant to whom killing comes naturally

About this title

About the Author:

Jack Higgins is among the world's most popular authors. Since the publication of The Eagle Has Landed -- one of the biggest selling thrillers of all time -- every novel he has written has become an international bestseller, including Day of Reckoning and Midnight Runner. He has had simultaneous number one bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, and has been published in thirty-eight languages worldwide. He lives with his wife on Jersey in the Channel Islands.

From Publishers Weekly:

Sean Egan is Irish, well-educated and cynical, trained by the British as a commando who can shoot bad guys between the eyes without blinking. Sarah Talbot is a powerful Wall Street lawyer and a wealthy socialite. This unlikely duo join forces to avenge the killings of Sean's adoptive sister and Sarah's son, both murdered by a ghoulish heroin smuggling ring. They travel throughout Europe, uncovering clues just before each source is murdered before their eyes, followed by the drug ring's cool assassin, Jago. Though it's not unusual to find a political adventure novel lacking in original dialogue or emotional depth, it is surprising to see the plot fall quickly into such predictable contrivances. If Sean straps on an ankle holster at a certain point in the narrative, for example, he will certainly be frisked just a few pages later. The novel has no romance, no sex, and too few twists. The most interesting character, Jago, never lives up to his early promise as the cold-blooded killer with a chilling respect and fondness for Sarah. Higgins builds suspense only to let it dissipate at the last moment, and the ending, though a surprise, is arbitrary and unrewarding. The novel should, nevertheless, eventually find a comfortable niche in the paperback racks.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 067163691X
• ISBN 13: 9780671636913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 334