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Title: The White House Connection by Jack Higgins, Dick Hill ISBN: 1-56740-450-2 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 5 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
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: 4
Summary: Good
Comment: This was a pretty good book, but i think Higgins could have done better. Oh yes, for the most part the story was exciting and kept you turning the pages, but some parts just went to quickly..Higgins should have built up to it a bit more, or put some more action into it..Also, he took too long to pull everything together...it was way to quick in the beginning, and then it slowed down considerably for about 100 pages, and then at the end picked back up again...The story is about an old lady who's paramilitary-type son was killed by IRA branch terrorists years ago, and she finally learns the terrible truth behind his grizzly murder. Driven by rage, and the realization that her life was near its end, she goes on a mad killing spree against the people that killed her son..Our favorite Irishman, Sean Dillon is involved, along with his good friend Blake Johnson, as they try to figure out who the mystery person is that is killing off left-wing terrorists left and right... An exciting tale to say the least, but it could have been put together better..other than that i have no complaints and i do reccomend this book if you especially like Higgins, but if you are a "new kid" then i suggest you start with some of his earlier books..
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 Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 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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Title: Angel of Death by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0425152235 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 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: Drink With the Devil by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0425157547 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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