The time is May, 1944, the dark heart of a world war that has driven a generation of the best and brightest into conflict - and espionage...Off the coast of Brittany a top OSS agent, Craig Osbourne, is floating helplessly, waiting to rendez-vous with an allied ship...Then, from out of the fog, a ...
Jack Higgins tells the amazing story of Max and Harry Kelso, identical twin brothers of German-American descent. In World War I, their father, Jack Kelso, flew for the Royal British Flying Corps. He fell in love with his German nurse, Baroness Elsa Von Halder, while hospitalized after his plane...
A hugely-entertaining WW2 yarn serving as a clever "remix" of classic Higgins themes (e.g. cheeky Irish rogues and celebrity impersonations). Jersey, 1944: the German occupying force is startled to receive a visit from none other than Field Marshal Rommel, tasked by Hitler with overseeing the Wes...