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A Prayer for the Dying

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What to expect

The classic bestseller from the master of the game.

No one becomes a contract killer and expects to hang around to collect a pension. Sooner or later, even the best in their field make mistakes. Even Martin Fallon, the most ruthless hitman of them all.

Fallon was the best you could get with a gun in his hand, but his first mistake was to cross powerful crime boss Jack Meehan, and his last, to seek redemption for his soul…

Critics Review

  • ‘Tough, bitter, superbly written’ The New York Times

    ‘A compulsively readable storyteller’ Sunday Express

    ‘Higgins is a master of his craft’ Daily Telegraph

    ‘A thriller writer in a class of his own’ Financial Times

    ‘The master craftsman of good, clean adventure’
    Daily Mail

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