Rough Justice

by Jack Higgins

Book Overview

Intrigue in the halls of power, blood in the streets? the master of suspense returns with a novel of dark passion and darker deeds. After almost two score books, Higgins knows how to fire up a thriller,? wrote Publishers Weeklyabout the author?s latest book, The Killing Ground. It?s all pure Higgins: almost every shot hits square between the eyes, and all the characters are hard lads indeed.? But none of them harder than the heroes?and villains?of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399155139
• ISBN13: 9780399155130
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Fantastic! True Sean Dillion thriller.

Loved it. My husband couldn't wait for me to finish it. I stayed up all night (while I slept) to read it. Fantastic book. I've read all of Jack Higgins books. The Sean Dillion character are my favorite.

surprisingly good

I noticed that in the last couple of Dillion novels that he has become such a one dimensional and tired character. I didn't come into this book thinking that it would be that good in fact I thought it was going to be the same ole same ole Dillon novel(and in some ways it could be termed that) but one of the strongest things about this is the fact that Higgins doesn't overuse Dillon in this book as he does the other ones(I think he realized that Dillon is quite tired.) We are introduced to a relatively new character in this book while not unique to the cast of characters(meaning its a typical Higgin's hero) a cold killer, but with some sense of decency and obviously a good guy, Harry Miller is a totally a breath of fresh air I also say the plot is quite good in this one. I'd venture to say one of the best in the last few. Not a many threaded plot line and wraps up decently in the end with quite a good ending also. Without giving it away to much, Dillon really shines in the ending(more like the Dillon we used to know, at least when compared to the last few, they stopped being totally awesome when Bad Company came out, than they got kinda old and redundant, but this one is a step in the right direction I feel. After reading many Higgins novels(40 some) his writing style has not changed(and is not expected to) and that can be a downside I guess. With many many reused phrasings and sayings i.e he was more tired than he had ever been in his life or more excited than he had been in years while not overly annoying by any means it can be somewhat redundant at times so while this is not his best i can still recommend it better than the last that's for sure in fact I will even go as far to say that this is somewhat of a redeeming book for him like I said above a step in the right direction. Give this one a chance and you might feel the same way as I. However to a newcomer to the series I suggest starting with the first few cause it goes without saying that those were the best Dillons' (as I like to call them)

The Master Craft

Jack Higgins is a Master of Suspense. He is a remarkably talented writer who knows his genre and knows what it takes to keep us fans coming back for another go with a cast of characters we've all come to know in return. In an age of YOUTUBE and video game storylines it is nice to delve into a well-plotted, well-crafted saga where the terrible demons and dragons come in the shape and form of dangerous men. Also, where the knight in shining armor has more than a few character dents and occasional rust patches. I am truely enjoying Higgin's latest thriller and think that you will too. If you haven't read any of his books before then you'll be pleased to know the characters have evolved from previous novels and that there is a stack of them waiting for you. Good reading so turn off the game player and jump into some better action.

DILLON MEETS OLD PAL

YET ANOTHER CRACKER FROM MR HIGGINS AND A NEW FACE JOINING THE TEAM OR IS HE. STORYLINE VERY GOOD ACTION PARTS TIGHT AND NOT FAR FETCHED ALTHOUGH DILLON IN LOVE!!

tense suspense thriller

On the surface Harry Miller is an ordinary person; an MP who is in realty the counterpart to Blake Johnson, the American President's top security man. Blake runs the black ops group the Basement, a unit that works outside the law to administer justice and protect the country and its people. Blake and Harry met in Banu, Kosovo; each was there to inspect the country's leaders and to prevent a Russian Officer Igor Zorin from torching a mosque that would have reignited the fighting. President Putin and his right hand man Ivan Volkov decide Miller should be taken out and assign the mysterious the Broker, who has never been seen, to contact Michael Quinn, a former IPPI agent. Quinn contacts one of his agents to take out the MP. Miller knows he is under surveillance and being stalked, but takes out the contact killer. He also insures that a plutonium shipment by boat is carefully monitored and tracked all the way. Putin knows that Miller with Major Ferguson's people were responsible (the British version of the Basement) and wants him dead. The plan works only the wrong person dies; Miller with Ferguson's help will not rest until all those involved in the assassination plot are dead. Suspense grandmaster Jack Higgins writes another fascinating tense thriller that is loaded with action. Yet with all the non--stop action, the story line also contains the political realties of the world today with insight into Muslim fundamentalists, Russia's efforts to return to superpower status, the NATO response, and the fragile peace in several places like Northern Ireland. However, as always is the case in a Mr. Higgins' thriller, his key characters seem real even when they perform seemingly surreal stunts; and yes cold blooded killer Sean Dillon is in the middle of the maelstrom. Harriet Klausner