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Title: SEASON IN HELL : SEASON IN HELL by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0-671-72531-9 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 15 March, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: forgettable Jack Higgins novel
Comment: Higgins doesn't do much with A Season in Hell. Neither the characters nor the plot in this book make a lasting impression on the reader. Higgins can be a good writer, but he doesn't show that off in this novel.
Rating: 4
Summary: Exciting to the last moment ....
Comment: I reserve 5 stars for classics like "The Eagle has landed", but this book comes close. There are plenty of twists and turns and unlike repetitive characters of Higgins, you wonder when a major character in this book will get bumped off the next page.
Sarah Talbot and Sean Egan came from 2 different world, an ex-SAS from London East End who had to quit due to a knee injury, and a Wall Street terror whom Washington bigwigs queue to kiss her hand. But they have one thing in common, people they love had died under strange circumstances and the corpses to smuggle heroin.
Ferguson of Group 4 (in this book, Harry instead of Charles, wonder if they are one and the same), Tony Villiers, another intel officer, knew it was linked to some sensitive issues and made no open inquiry, effectively denying official investigation.
But Sarah Talbot and Sean Egan had no such burdens and vowed to discover the truth and the mastermind behind the tragic deaths of their loved ones.
It was interesting as the bad guys found out early in the game they had crossed powerful people and tried desperately to stay ahead, denying Sarah and Sean information without killing the two bereaved. Sarah carried an aura of protection due to her political connections to the White House, and Sean used his underworld connections to get clues and leads, his uncle being Jack Shelley, an infamous London gangster.
Their adversary was one ex-para named Jago who works for the mysterious Mr Smith. One by one, Jago sought to eliminate the links from the 2 bodies but Sarah and Sean just managed to gain a little clue each time before their links were terminated abruptly.
From London, to Paris, to Sicily, to Ireland, the trail finally leads back to the shadowy streets of London East End where the mysterious Mr Smith is unmasked.
Higgins gave a good description of the trial by fire of Sarah who was determined to step into a different world, of murder and mayhem and lawlessness (illegal ones, not the legal kind in Wall Street). Readers could actually see that it is one thing to be incensed by the murder of a beloved, it is quite another to go out to the streets seeking revenge.
This is definitely one of Higgins' better books, where the reader is kept in suspense and the action was fast and furious but not mindlessly so, with each chapter providing clues and hints and kept essential to the development.
Rating: 5
Summary: One espetacular masterpiece
Comment: It's one of the bests books I ever read. When you start you can't stop, I recommend for everybody who likes Jack Higgins books.
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Title: East of Desolation by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0425161021 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Keys of Hell by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0425182681 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Thunder Point by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0425143570 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Khufra Run by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0425184250 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: On Dangerous Ground by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0425148289 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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