Cold Harbour [Paperback]

Jack Higgins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1990

As OSS agent Craig Osbourne floated helplessly in the sea off the coast of Brittany, his plane shot down by a German E boat, he knew his war and his life were over. Then he found himself aboard the German vessel, facing a man he had last seen at Harvard in 1939!.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In his latest thriller, Higgins ( The Eagle Has Landed ) returns to familiar territory with nothing very new to offer. As D-day approaches in Europe, the Allied command learns of a German staff conference to be held in Brittany at the Chateau de Voincourt, where the Nazis will discuss their Atlantic Wall defense strategy. Foreknowledge of these plans could mean the difference between success and failure for the Allied invasion, and as luck would have it, the chateau happens to be the home of an undercover French Resistance agent, beautiful Anne-Marie Trevaunce, so there is every chance that the good guys will succeed in stealing them. When Anne-Marie is incapacitated, luck comes to the fore once again: she just happens to have an identical twin sister living in England who is persuaded to take her place. Fortuitous turns are the norm in this improbable story, as cardboard heroes pull off miraculous rescues, double agents lurk everywhere and villains in uniform serve on both sides of the conflict. The author's reputation for entertaining thrillers will not be enhanced by this effort.
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Review

‘Open a Jack Higgins novel and you’ll encounter a master craftsman at the peak of his powers … first-rate tales of intrigue, suspense and full-on action.’Sunday Express‘Higgins is a master of his craft.’Daily Telegraph‘A thriller writer in a class of his own.’Financial Times‘The master craftsman of good, clean adventure.’Daily Mail --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 310 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; First edition (October 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671684264
• ISBN-13: 978-0671684266
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,180,095 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.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Goofey in Places, January 15, 2004

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L. Cary (Little Elm, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Harbour (Dougal Munro & Jack Carter) (Mass Market Paperback)

Buy the book to save the cover. It display a German U-Boat. There's a partial photo of a submarine on the back page. And, each chapter is signaled with a small image of a submarine. So, it's about a submarine, right? Wrong. The only boat in the book is a German E-Boat. The cover designer didn't know the difference between a German U- and an E-boat! :-} One has to wonder how this got past the proof readers!! Meanwhile, the story is fair, but in places it leaves the reader saying, "Naw, that wouldn't happen."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not being an Editor, I can enjoy a great read..., May 18, 2003

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"birkebeiner" (Kansas City, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold Harbour (Audio Cassette)

...and that is precisely what I did with this book. The characters were laid out, then they subtley changed and then yet another twist altered your perception again. I was constantly flipping the pages, ready and as nervous as the characters themselves, to find out what would happen next.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A few too many twists but a solid thriller, August 10, 2004

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J. Carroll "Jack" (Island Heights,NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Harbour (Dougal Munro & Jack Carter) (Mass Market Paperback)

Higgins has pretty much mastered this genre and has been known to "phone a few in, but COLD HARBOUR does a nice job within the confines of Higgins' rather straight forward style. Playing around with the typical conventions of cross channel warfare, identical twins(never a good idea), and a foray into LeCarre territory, a nice thriller emerges. The story does have its flaws with a rather obvious villain and a few too many twists to hold onto the realism that Higgins generally strives for but overall it works its way to its inevitable conclusion effectively. Other than the ridiculous cover on this paperback, as astutuely mentioned by another reviewer-a U-Boat which has nothing to do with this tales of an E-Boat and espionage, this one's a rather nice page turner and not bad for a quick thriller to fill in on the plane trip or at the beach.