Rain on the Dead
Book - 2014
From Jack Higgins, a brand-new New York Times bestseller featuring black ops specialist Sean Dillon.
On a dark summer night, two Chechen mercenaries emerge from the waters off Nantucket to kill a high-value target, the former President of the United States. Unfortunately for them, the president has guests that night, including black ops specialist Sean Dillon and his colleague, Afghan war hero Captain Sara Gideon.
The Chechens do not survive the night, but Dillon is curious about how they even got on the island. What he discovers sends a chill through his bones--a name from Dillon's distant past. If this man is working with the terrorists now, the assassination attempt is only the beginning--and next time, the results may be much, much different.
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Add a CommentA modestly good effort. Not an enthralling plot though Higgins tries to provide motivation for the antagonist. It suffers from the usual flaw of Higgins' novels that the lead characters are virtually indestructible.
A very disappointing read - don't waste your time on it.
good yarn, a simple thriller
A very disappointing read. To many characters, many with no relevance to the story. I never developed any attachment to any of the characters. No more than a "made for TV" movie.
The latest Jack Higgins.The gang's all here including the replacements for those killed off in the past, notably Hannah Bernstein,(in retrospect,he really lost me there) but... this time, I had to have a thorough check on my list that I hadn't read this one before.The earlier books are so much better..I think the publishers are asking too much of Harry Patterson,an 85 year old author with numerous pseudonyms, who should now be able to rest on his considerable laurels.
Just a so-so novel. To many
twists and turns,
Mid-eastern names,along with
many other characters.
Higgins brings Sean Dillon and company back yet again in this latest tale pitting the operatives against a shadowy conspiracy of agents under the employ of a shadowy Al-Qaeda puppetmaster. It's not quite Higgins at his best- the books haven't been the same since he killed off Hannah Bernstein for no reason (and Sara Gideon pretty much is a Hannah Bernstein fill-in), and there are continuity glitches that one can chalk up to Higgins trying to keep his characters of a certain age. Still, the refreshing total lack of the presence of the personality cipher Daniel Holley character helps, as does the complicated motive of the villain.
found this book boring. gave up after 70 pages
Read his novels for more than three decades and he (as well as his stories) still sounded the same.
Another fun read from Higgins.