Slightly better than his recent books, it's hard to even justify giving this three stars, it's firmly in 2.5 territory.This novel begins with the ending (which happens to be the part containing the most action, and interest). It then steadily proceeds downhill with recounting of past events leading up to the ending, which you already have read. Thus you can already establish some of the past events you're now reading through thereby making them somewhat redundant and the book a little dull.The only real redeeming factor of the book is that it attempts to make sense of some of the jumbled illogical story-lines in past books however such attempts are only cursory merely mentioning circumstances rather than actively resolving them and/or providing some logical context.If there's one thing I take from Jack Higgins' recent books it is that he seems to have an apparent hatred of Vladimir Putin. I didn't enjoy this book as much as many of the Higgins books I've read. The book begins with assassination attempts on characters we've seen in many of Higgins' books: Blake Johnson, Ferguson, Harry Miller. Dillon is there, as are the rest of the cast readers of Higgins have come to know. The majority of the book is concerned with Holley and his imprisonment and release. Without going into details that would spoil the book, the reader is given a history of the development of an assassin.Current events are always a part of Higgins' books and this one is no exception. Putin is a character in the events involving Holley. But Daniel Holley's story felt like the opening to a book. In fact, I began reading The Judas Gate, the next part of Holley's saga, and kept thinking the first book Should have been part of this one. I have to wonder if the 2 books were written as one and the publishers wanted the long book divided into 2 books.
What do You think about Wolf At The Door, The (2011)?
Did not like. Took me a month to get trough th book and it was not easy to follow
—gabs91
I always enjoy reading Jack Higgins's books. Really like his characters.
—Chipunks
