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Title: The White House Connection by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0-425-17541-3 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 10 July, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.29 (52 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Fast read.
Comment: Jack Higgins is a terrific storyteller. This was my first Higgins novel and the pages flew by. Reading this book was like eating peanuts...I could not stop and finished in two sessions.
An absolute complete suspension of disbelief is the best way to approach this one as it stretches credulity to beyond the max...but it is great fun. And, what is fiction all about, if not for suspension of disbelief? Some of the situations the protagonists get out of would make James Bond proud.
In the setup, the first quarter of the book is pretty credible and then the fun begins. The action switches between Washington, New York, London and Ireland...lots of Concorde flights, tony parties and champaign between the gun shots. The good guys are interesting characters and the bad guys seem a match for them due to their mole inside the White House. The reader is clued into the mole's identity early on, so we know whodunit...so we have to watch the clock to see if the good guys can figure it out in time.
It was an enjoyable read all in all. The protagonists are continuing characters and it appears their ranks increased by one in "The White House Connections." That's good news for Higgins' fans as he is a prolific writer.
That said, it was "too Brit" and "too IRA" for me to become addicted to the series. It was a fun one-time interlude for someone who prefers the good old American hardboiled mystery. For those who like the British touch, this series is a keeper.
Rating: 3
Summary: Decent light reading
Comment: Lady Helen, a geriatric British aristocrat, gains revenge on people involved in the killing of her son. While not very believable, and not one of Higgin's better works, it's a quick and mostly enjoyable read with familiar characters. The two major annoyances throughout the book were:
1. EVERY character talks about the joys of smoking. It appeared to be a paid advertisement for Marlboros and the emphasis he placed on the dialogue related to smoking detracts from the story.
2. EVERY American character uses British phrases and discusses their love of things British from meat pies to Harrods.
If a friend gives you the book and there isn't anything better to read, it will pass the time.
Rating: 1
Summary: It Pains Me...
Comment: ...to rate this book so low. I am a long time fan of Jack Higgins having enjoyed his books since I was a teen. I don't know if the writing has deteriorated or maybe my tastes have matured, but I could not finish this book. The plot was stale, the dialouge staged and it just failed to generate any suspense at all. Maybe it's time for the Sean Dillon series to end, I know there are several more after this. Whatever happened to the Martin Brosnan character? He and Dillon have an old score to settle. Now that would make an interesting book.
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Title: The President's Daughter by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0425163415 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: On Dangerous Ground by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0425148289 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: July, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Eye of the Storm by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0425138232 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: July, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Thunder Point by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0425143570 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Angel of Death by Jack Higgins, Tolley ISBN: 0425152235 Publisher: Boulevard (Mass Market) Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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