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Bad Company
- Author
- Jack Higgins
- Narrator
- Jonathan Oliver
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 1 June 2017
- Run Time
- 6 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
Wartime secrets threaten to topple a President – in heart-stopping adventure from the incomparable Jack Higgins.
In the waning days of World War II, Hitler entrusted his diary to a young aide, Baron Max von Berger. Over the years, von Berger has used his inheritance to become one of the richest men in the world, developing a secret alliance with the Rashid family – long-time foes of Major Ferguson of British Intelligence, his undercover enforcer, Sean Dillon and their American colleague Blake Johnson.
Now the ultimate confrontation is drawing near. The diary and its explosive revelations of a secret wartime meeting between emissaries of Hitler and Roosevelt will destroy the US President Jake Cazalet…unless Dillon can find it first.
Critics Review
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‘Open a Jack Higgins novel and you’ll encounter a master craftsman at the peak of his powers … first-rate tales of intrigue, suspense and full-on action.’
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.’
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Details
- Author
- Jack Higgins
- Narrator
- Jonathan Oliver
- Duration
- 6 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 June 2017
- ISBN
- 9780008213886
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Political / legal thriller, Espionage and spy thriller, Second World War fiction, Historical fiction, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Narrative theme: politics / economics
Synopsis
Wartime secrets threaten to topple a President – in heart-stopping adventure from the incomparable Jack Higgins. In the waning days of World War II, Hitler entrusted his diary to a young aide, Baron Max von Berger. Over the years, von Berger has used his inheritance to become one of the richest men in the world, developing a secret alliance with the Rashid family – long-time foes of Major Ferguson of British Intelligence, his undercover enforcer, Sean Dillon and their American colleague Blake Johnson. Now the ultimate confrontation is drawing near. The diary and its explosive revelations of a secret wartime meeting between emissaries of Hitler and Roosevelt will destroy the US President Jake Cazalet…unless Dillon can find it first.
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