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Summary: Brother vs. brother in Belfast
Review: A fast moving, timely, and sensitive action yarn about the struggle in Northern Ireland. Bombs, guns, the Intelligence Community, and Dillon, hero of Higgins' recent stories. Not predictable, and NOT slow, the audio cassette, read by Patrick MacNee is a perfect treatment, with the reader's suptle linguistic differences. A fine effort.
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Summary: Great intrigue/spy novel by a true master of the genre.
Review: Drink With the Devil is an excellent intrigue/spy novel
spans over 10 years. The main character (Sean Dillon) is an
ex-IRA enforcer who is now working for a secret department
of British Intelligence. This novel brings together an
operation that Dillon performed for the IRA before coming
to work with British Intelligence. The ending is a complete
surprise and the plot is way cool.
The plot starts with Dillon (an IRA enforcer) working for
an ultra-loyalist militant to stop him from succeeding with
a highly covert operation. Years later, when Dillong is
employed by Her Majesty's Government, the operation comes
back to haunt him and he must take a stand against his former
employer, the IRA...
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Summary: Four and a half stars, if I had my choice
Review: Drink With the Devil makes for an absolutely fantastic read. Sean Dillon, arguably the (or one of) most loved characters ever created by Higgins, returns again in this thriller. Yes, the story may be a tad slow at times, but it never promised to be a high adrenaline-pumped book in the first place. And that was why it was such a pleasant read. The mood of the book changes from time to time, scene to scene, and appropriately so. Higgins' writing may not be the most fanciful, but boy, was it a great ride. Not to be missed, especially if you're a great fan of Jack Higgins, and of Sean Dillon as well.
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Summary: Drink with the devil
Review: Drink With the Devil This is a story centered on the troubles in Ireland. An undercover catholic militant plots to assist the PIRA in heisting a fortune in gold. The heist goes smoothly, only to have the ship that they escape on occupied by evil men, who want the gold for themselves. The boat and the gold, sinks to the bottom of the sea. All of the thieves survive, and only one knows where the ship went down. Ten years later, the Mafia wants the gold. They link up with the IRA to find it. Both are looking for the PIRA people who were with the gold. The one who knows where the gold is in a prison, where his PIRA daughter works as a nurse. The Catholic terrorist, Sean Dillon, has begun to work with the British Secret Service. Now the Mafia is after them all. This is a great thriller for all those who love thrillers. This is also good for suspense readers. I would recommend this to almost anybody. This may also interest those readers on the Ireland problem. I really enjoyed this book because the characters were very believable. Also, the plot was easy to follow, but also held you in suspense.
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Summary: GREAT FUN!!
Review: Equals everything else this writer has written! A master at the top of his game!
Rating:
Summary: GREAT FUN!!
Review: Equals everything else this writer has written! A master at the top of his game!
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Summary: Decent plot, disappointing writing
Review: For the most part, this book is split into 2 sections: actions that take place in 1985, and those in 1995. The first section is full of action and was fun to read, but the rest of the story did not compare. The plot and main character definitely had potential, but in all, this is not an impressive story. Another thing to take into consideration is the price of the book. True, Amazon does a great job of keeping prices low, but the margins are wide and there are line breaks on almost every page. If you must read this, try your local library
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Summary: Not bad
Review: Good description of the hate of rival parties in Ireland, good characterization of the Irish lingo for a Spanish language reader like me, interesting plot, however truly unbelievable when Dillon gets to meet Clinton. I will surely read other Higgings books.
Rating:
Summary: Not bad
Review: Good description of the hate of rival parties in Ireland, good characterization of the Irish lingo for a Spanish language reader like me, interesting plot, however truly unbelievable when Dillon gets to meet Clinton. I will surely read other Higgings books.
Rating:
Summary: Respectable, yet predictable
Review: Higgin's is good. He's had a glorious run as the master of the genre. I just read Drink With the Devil-liked it the way you like to visit with an old friend. But there was nothing really new or novel about it. Much of it seemed drawn from his earlier works. I just read The Spear of Golgotha by Richard Greenwald, an Aussie imprint and had a taste of what the new talent is about
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