Comes the Dark Stranger (The Classic Jack Higgins Collection) [Import] [Paperback]

Jack Higgins (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New Ed edition (January 27, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140269029
• ISBN-13: 978-0140269024
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,041,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars INDEED, HIGGINS IS "THE MASTER", October 15, 2011

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This review is from: Comes the Dark Stranger (Audio CD)

Tom Clancy has called Jack Higgins "the master," and we're reminded of that in "Comes the Dark Stranger," originally written, I believe, in the 60s. Thus, some of the references might be a bit dated but there is the familiar Higgins zing - action, suspense - all brought to life by the voice of Michael Page.

When Martin Shane and five others are captured, taken as POWs during the Korean War it's a given that none of them would betray their country by giving away secret information in order to be set free. However, that was not the case - one of them revealed military secrets to their tormentor, the merciless Colonel Li.

However, before Shane could find out which one of them was the betrayer he loses his memory as the result of an explosion. Relegated to a mental institution, it is six long years before his memory returns. When that happens Shane has only one thought - discover who had turned on those who had fought side by side.

This search eventually reveals a shocker that stuns even after so much time has passed. Vintage Higgins in more ways than one.

Enjoy.

- Gail Cooke