A Devil Is Waiting
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"A devil is indeed waiting. The President is coming to London, but not to an entirely warm welcome. A fanatical mullah is offering a blessing to anyone who will assassinate the President, and though most London Muslims think the mullah has crossed the line, a few think otherwise. Urgently, Sean
… More »"A devil is indeed waiting. The President is coming to London, but not to an entirely warm welcome. A fanatical mullah is offering a blessing to anyone who will assassinate the President, and though most London Muslims think the mullah has crossed the line, a few think otherwise. Urgently, Sean Dillon, General Charles Ferguson, and the rest of the small band known as the "Prime Minister's private army" are called in, augmented by an extraordinary new recruit, an intelligence captain and Afghan war hero named Sara Gideon. She has her own deep contacts, but the more she investigates, the more she discovers herself in a very dark place indeed. For the assassination plan is only the beginning. "--
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Add a CommentIn agreement with Keogh' comment. Dillon's character is fascinating but has been given a backseat so the story staggers. The Irish rascal is paramount in this series. The story line wasn't very compelling but I always enjoy Higgins easy style.
The second half pretty much saves the book, I thought, particularly the final act, a sequence set in the Middle East. Unfortunately through the last few books Higgins has been marginalizing (at least that's how it seems to me) his main character, Sean Dillon, who's such a compelling character, in favour of completely forgettable characters. This happens a lot in this book, where Dillon disappears for large sections of the book. Daniel Holley, his partner as of late, is a dull character and a mediocre, pale shadow of Dillon, but he gets the lion's share of attention in the book. Higgins also marginalizes other, and better characters such as Billy Salter, while not going through with just killing off one character who really should have never been brought into the mix in the first place (coughHarryMillercough). Still, the new character Sara Gideon has some potential. If Higgins comes back one more time, I'd appreciate having Holley killed off straight out, and giving Dillon back the driver's seat of these books, but I'm not holding out hope for that.
I am disappointed. The beginning was well written, but ending was a slap, dash, put together. Is Jack Higgins failing? I REALLY enjoyed his previous books.
A Devil Is Waiting ---- by Jack Higgins c - 2012 (Sean Dillon story) ---- This tale has very good balance in the writing. ---- The females are more realistic ---- Way to go Harry Patterson. ---- For a short while Harry Patterson's Novels, followed one another, 'A Darker Place' did follow well, this Novel and the one just before it are confusing because: the timeline follows but caracters that are dead are re-appearing. ---- Enjoy! ---- RichardPaul