Dillinger
By (Author) Jack Higgins
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
6th August 2013
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
Historical crime and mysteries
Adventure / action fiction
Historical fiction
Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction
Fiction based on or inspired by true events
823.914
Paperback
320
Width 111mm, Height 178mm, Spine 19mm
170g
The dramatic final moments of the legendary outlaws career - retold by the worlds master storyteller, Jack Higgins.
Early March 1934, Americas most notorious criminal makes his spectacular escape from Lake County Jail, Indiana. Three months later, John Dillinger, the last American outlaw, is gunned down by FBI agents outside a movie theatre in Chicago.
But what really happened during Dillingers final months of liberty
As the fugitive makes a desperate break for the Mexican border, master thriller writer Jack Higgins takes up the story, following Dillinger into the savage hands of his new captors. Where love is as elusive as a pardon. And the price paid for freedom is blood
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.