Rain on the Dead, Jack Higgins
Rain on the Dead, Jack Higgins
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Rain on the Dead

Author: Jack Higgins

Narrator: Michael Page

Abridged: 5 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/30/2014


Synopsis

The past comes back to haunt Sean Dillon and his colleagues, as the New York Times bestselling master of suspense returns with a knife-edge story of terrorism, revenge, and a very old nemesis.In the past few years, the killing and capture of many Al-Qaeda leaders has left the terrorist organization wounded—but by no means dead. And they intend to prove it.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, Jake Cazalet. Unfortunately for them, Cazalet has guests with him, 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 as to how they even got on the island. What he discovers sends a chill through his bones—a name from very far back in Dillon’s past. If this man is working with the terrorists now, the assassination attempt is only the beginning—and the next time, the results might be much, much different.

About Jack Higgins

Since The Eagle Has Landed—one of the biggest-selling thrillers of all time—every novel Jack Higgins has written, including his most recent works, A Devil Is Waiting and The Death Trade, has become an international bestseller. He has had simultaneous number-one bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, and many of his books have been made into successful movies, among them The Eagle Has Landed, To Catch a King, On Dangerous Ground, Eye of the Storm, and Thunder Point. Higgins, who lived in Belfast until he was twelve, had several close calls with bombs and gunfire at an early age. After leaving school at fifteen, he served three years with the Royal Horse Guards in Eastern Europe during the cold war. Subsequently, he was a circus roustabout, a factory worker, a truck driver, and a laborer, before entering college at age twenty-seven. He has degrees in sociology, social psychology, and economics from the University of London, and a doctorate in media from Leeds Metropolitan University. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an expert scuba diver and marksman, Higgins lives on Jersey in the Channel Islands.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen on July 22, 2018

The arch criminal known as The Master (C'mon Man, show some creativity. At least call yourself the Purple Claw or something) sends some inept assassins after the President of the United States. The attempt fails and Sean Dillon and Co start tracking things down. A name from Dillon's past starts to su......more

Goodreads review by Tom on March 14, 2015

I've lived the Sean Dillon novels as grand distractions with good plots and strong characters. Sadly, this is a muddle with a weak, overly complex plot and too many characters to sort out. Yawn. Sad. Disappointing.......more

Goodreads review by Miriam on July 28, 2016

This is a fast paced thriller that I thoroughly enjoyed. Once started you can't put down, a terrific storyline with great characters, Sean Dillon is brilliant, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.......more

Goodreads review by Tom on February 28, 2025

Started and realized I have already read it and pretty recently.......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on April 25, 2016

I guess I shouldn't have read #21 or whatever in the series first. I was introduced to character after character without any real explanation or character development, so I spent most of the book confused. I'm still not quite sure of the point of the story, or who were the antag/protagonists. And th......more