Bad Company [Import] [Hardcover]

Jack Higgins (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Chivers Press (January 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075408681X
• ISBN-13: 978-0754086819
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,960,003 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More 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 The White House Connection and Day of Reckoning. He has had simultaneous number-one bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, and has been published in thirty-eight languages worldwide. Many of his books have been made into successful movies, among them The Eagle Has Landed, To Catch A King, and The Valhalla Exchange. He lives with his wife on Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not up to par, July 23, 2003

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Konrad Kern (OFallon, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bad Company (Hardcover)

See storyline above.

First of all I don't remember Jack Higgins previous novels being this bad. Okay, the plot had potential and the action was there, but this book seemed like it was very rushed. The characters didn't seem there usual self (Dillon being stopped by a tractor in the road? No other explanation?). Please. The brevity of the book and the rushed style (very little depth) made for a very disappointing read.

Not recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Poor cousin sequel to Midnight run., September 8, 2003

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William J. Tennison (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bad Company (Audio CD)

If you are a Jack Higgins fan you know what to expect. This book is by the numbers.

Higgins goes into great detail setting up the book with the Hitler diaries subplot. However, this whole section goes nowhere. It could have been much more interesting.

The Von Berger character as a villian does not really work out.

I listened to this on CD. Patrick MacNee does a creditable job as the reader.

If you have nothing better to do, you may want to pick this book up. Otherwise, I would try other works.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty bad, if I'm honest, but enjoyable!, August 25, 2003

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RachelWalker "RachelW" (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bad Company (Hardcover)

Our story begins at the funeral of Kate Rashid, the villainess of Higgins's last thriller, whom undercover enforcer Sean Dillon managed to kill before she wrought her vengeance upon him for killing her three beloved brothers. Dillon and his companions watch on, increasingly uneasy at the presence of Baron Max von Berger, a multi-millionaire friend of the Rashid's, who has now interhited their old empire in the Hazar that is worth billions.

Now, von Berger himself wants revenge, and it is a matter of honour. Kate Rashid once saved his life, and she was a very dear friend. He is determined to exact justice on those who conspired to destroy the Rashid's and their empire: Dillon, his friend in the government General Charles Ferguson, and their colleague, White House insider Blake Johnson. But, unknown to them, Berger has a secret weapon. In the waning days of WWII Hitler entrusted von Berger, his close aide, with his diary detailing the final six months of the war, and a meeting he had with President Roosevelt which could have stopped the war before it started.

Bad Company is another of Higgins's increasingly by-the-numbers, cliched, formulaid thrillers that just reuse aspects from his other books (boats blown-up, planes crashed, assassinations, etc), but it is a primse example. A one character says of the events in the book, "It's like a bad novel", and that is exactly what they are. They are the evnets of a bad novel. however, they are also the envets of an entertaining story, and this is exactly what this is. A great story, a nice adventure. It's fast, thrilling, enjoyable, nothing more. nothing less. If you are looking for great writing, don't come here. If you're looking for a plot that wont fall apart under close scrutiny, also don't come here. If you're simply looking for a quick, easy read that's a bit James Pattersonesque in style, then do come here.

There's only one little problem, really: Dillon is flat and cardboard. Higgins has reduced him merely to proper nouns and pronouns, and as a result the reader tends to prefer the villains, who are more colourful, and that leads to dissappointment come the finale (which is a tad rushed), in which, of course, the heroes unfailingly win.

Still, Bad Company is light and easy reading, and it's relatively easy to overlook that almost everything within has been lifted from various other Jack Higgins books. This is about as close to literature as a TV guide, but, then, it doesn't intend to be.