Sad Wind from the Sea
By (Author) Jack Higgins
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
1st August 2009
50th Anniversary edition
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
823.914
Paperback
320
Width 111mm, Height 178mm, Spine 20mm
170g
The very first novel written by Jack Higgins, re-packaged to celebrate 50 years of bestsellerdom.
He guesses it's around 3am. Gun runner and occasional smuggler Mark Hagen, hears a scream through the fog. He finds a girl; young, beautiful, trouble. But as Mark Hagen himself said "I love trouble, angel. It makes life so much more interesting."
Before long he is hauled into a chaotic chase involving The Red Chinese, and a lot of gold.
From feeling he had lost everything to suddenly fighting for his life, Hagen must battle his inner demons and some truly terrifying enemies in a deadly game of power, action and murder.
Open a Jack Higgins novel and youll 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.
Daily Mail
Jack Higgins was a soldier and then a teacher before becoming a full-time writer. The Eagle Has Landed turned him into an international bestselling author and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into fifty-five languages. Many of them have also been made into successful films.