Graveyard Shift, The [Import] [Paperback]

Harry; Higgins, Jack Patterson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Pan Books; New Ed edition (1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330316036
• ISBN-13: 978-0330316033
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,910,336 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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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An average police story, January 3, 2003

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Fred Camfield (Vicksburg, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Graveyard Shift (Paperback)

This is a reprint of a novel first published in 1965, but the setting seems to be slightly earlier. A pound sterling was worth considerably more than now. The story covers a one-day period and is a little too compressed in time.

The story introduces Nick Miller, a police sergeant with independent financial means. The case concerns Ben Garvald, just released from serving a sentence for a payroll robbery. There are people who don't want Ben to come home, including his ex-wife and her sister. The search for Ben results in a large amount of collateral damage as various characters seem to trip over their own feet.

Some of the plot does not seem very realistic, perhaps because monetary amounts seemed too low for the related actions, or perhaps because there is too much action in too short a time period. It is an OK read, but not one of the best mysteries among novels recently published.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ok Read, December 1, 2002

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Rosa "Bookworm" (Detroit,MichiganUSA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Graveyard Shift (Paperback)

This was not Jack Higgins finest hour. I have read better. The ending was the only good thing about the book. Look for other Jack Higgins novels.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well written and intertesting, February 28, 2003

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Jon Smith "gladius314159" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Graveyard Shift (Paperback)

This was the first book of Jack Higgins I have ever had the pleasure to read. I spent the evening reading it and finished it in three hours.
The plot was well paced and the characters interesting, a fine book and a good read.