TOUCH THE DEVIL: A gripping spy thriller - Softcover

Higgins, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007234813 ISBN 13: 9780007234813

Publisher: HarperFiction, 2008

Synopsis

Classic adventure from the million copy bestseller Jack Higgins

If there’s such a thing as a grade A terrorist then his name is Frank Barry. His ideology is money and his track record is flawless.

When the Russians want review copies of the latest NATO missile system, Barry’s the man to deliver them.

Stopping him will be near enough impossible, but one man knows all the moves. Martin Brosnan is a poet, scholar and trained killer. A graduate of Vietnam and polished in the ranks of the IRA he could be the key to ending Barry’s reign.
There’s one problem, Brosnan is languishing in a French prison, and only the powerfully persuasive Liam Devlin can get him out and working for British intelligence.

About this title

About the Author

Jack Higgins lived in Belfast till the age of twelve. Leaving school at fifteen, he spent three years with the Royal Horse Guards, and was later a teacher and university lecturer. His thirty-sixth novel, The Eagle Has Landed (1975), turned him into an international bestselling author, and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into sixty languages. Many have been made into successful films. He died in 2022, at his home in Jersey, surrounded by his family.

From the Back Cover

'TOUCH THE DEVIL AND YOU CAN'T LET GO ...'

Frank Barry is a terrorist of the highest order. His ideology is money and his track record is flawless. When the Russians want review copies of the latest NATO missile system, Barry is the man to deliver them.

Martin Brosnan is a poet, scholar and killer. Trained in Vietnam then polished in the ranks of the IRA he now languishes in a French prison fortress of Belle Isle.

Liam Devlin, Brosnan's best and oldest friend. Devlin wants Brosnan out of jail and on Barry's tail, and he'll use everything in his power to do so ...

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperFiction
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007234813
• ISBN 13: 9780007234813
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 462