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The Lost Temple of Sheba is not just a biblical legend. A German archaeologist has found it. The Nazis have claimed it. And one American explorer has stumbled upon their secret - a plot that could change the course of World War II. The year is 1939. An American archaeologist named Gavin Kane is asked to help a woman search for her missing husband. When Kane follows the man’s trail into the ruthless desert of Southern Arabia he makes two shocking discoveries. One is the legendary Temple of Sheba, an ancient world as fantastic as King Solomon’s Mines.

In 1959, British agents masterminded the escape of the Dalai Lama from Tibet. Three years later, Paul Chavasse is doing it all over again.... A vitally important scientist, holding intelligence that could shift the balance of world power, is being held in China. British secret agent Paul Chavasse, responsible for extracting the Dalai Lama from under Chinese noses, is the perfect man to slip through the border, locate the scientist and bring him back to the West.

After five years’ hard time, ex-soldier Hugh Marlowe emerges into the free world ready to fight anyone who stands in his way. Rough justice is all he knows. But when a beautiful, vulnerable woman asks for his help, Marlowe quickly finds himself a world away from the London gangland that he knows in a different life with its own problems.

Martin Shane was tortured, starved and broken. But a memory has surfaced...a memory of the man who did this to him. And he must pay. His memory has shut down, closed itself off to protect him from the violence in his past. But fragments are coming back...suggestions of names, places, faces. Then...the memory of a terrible betrayal. In order to find peace, Martin Shane must first find the man who delivered him and his comrades to their enemies. And when Shane finds him, he will pay.

In Higgins' acclaimed bestseller Dark Justice, intelligence operative Sean Dillon and his colleagues in Britain and the United States beat back a terrible enemy, but at an equally terrible cost. One of them was shot, another run down in the street. Both were expected to survive - but only one of them does.

Harry Manning had fled the Cuban revolution, sacrificing everything for freedom and seeking solace on the tranquil waters of the Bahamas. For a time he found solace in the arms of the beautiful Maria and oblivion in alcohol. Then once again his life is shattered when a terrorist bomb claims the lives of those he loves, and suddenly his descent into destitution is replaced by a deep, seething desire to avenge his friends. But unknowingly his lust for retribution has unearthed a deadly conspiracy that threatens to bring the world to the brink of the ultimate war.

They called it the Place of Silence: the last frozen barrier between Balpur and Tibet. An icy wilderness where desperate men made a living smuggling guns across the border. Even for the bravest, the luck has to run out...On what he thought would be his last flight, Jack Drummond found his own recipe for disaster. A deadly cargo of machine guns. A band of ruthless guerrillas. And a confrontation with the Chinese Reds, leaving no chance for escape....

Detective Sergeant Nick Miller is tasked with hunting down a deranged killer stalking the streets of London. The Rainlover. Whose victims are always women. Always at night when the streets are wet. He could be any one of a thousand men. Hounded by the public and the press, Miller needs to find him before he strikes again. It’s time to throw out the rule book in the line of duty.

Sean Dillon is back in another heart-stopping, adrenalin-laced adventure. When the president's right hand men foil a plan to assassinate him. Sean Dillon is called upon to trace the would-be killer's history. It appears the assassin is British with Muslim connections, and suddenly Dillon is on a trail that leads him to England, Russia and Iraq, where he prepares for the deadliest challenge of his life.

Oliver Grant is a decorated soldier, Military Intelligence Major and a case-hardened mercenary. So when the stepson of a Mafia boss is kidnapped and taken to a Libyan prison fortress, Grant is the perfect choice to carry out the rescue. Except for one detail: he doesn’t want the job. In an attempt to change his mind, Grant’s young sister is snatched and he is forced to comply - he knows that the Mafia don’t make idle threats.

Early March 1934, America’s 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 Dillinger’s 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....

A mafia banker wants to give evidence aginst his former bosses, and John Chance is helping to bring him in. But when the mafia try to get at Chance through his children, twins Rich and Jade find themselves in the firing line again. And it’s not just the mafia who are after them... Master of the modern thriller Jack Higgins teams up with Justin Richards, author of many Doctor Who novels, to deliver a pulse-racing adventure for older children.

Your go-to source for the international LGBTQ+ rugby community. Hosted by Jack Higgins and Ozzie Luna of Los Angeles Rebellion Rugby, this podcast explores the world of inclusive sports, rugby news, and the stories behind players making waves in the sport. Born from the success of the Los Angeles Rebellion Rugby team's social media, The Gay Rugby Podcast celebrates the intersection of rugby and LGBTQ+ inclusivity. From The Bingham Cup to international gay rugby events, Jack and Ozzie share insights, interviews, and updates from the global rugby scene.

De kalder sig makkabæerne og er religiøse fanatikere. De kræver, at USA bomber Irak, Iran og Syrien. Et vanvittigt krav. Ja, men de har et stærkt kort på hånden. Hun hedder Marie de Brissac og er hemmelig datter af USA‘s præsident Jake Cazalet. En datter, der blev resultatet af Jake Cazalets kærlighedsaffære med en fransk grevinde, som Jake reddede i 1969, da han var soldat i Vietnam. Nu har makkabæerne kidnappet Marie. Hun bliver henrettet, hvis præsidenten ikke opfylder fanatikernes krav.

Henry Patterson får sit livs chok, da han i den solgyldne morgen dykker ud for øen St. John. En gammel tysk ubåd, sunket her i Det caribiske hav? Nysgerrigheden driver den erfarne amatørdykker til en nærmere undersøgelse af vraget. Her finder han en højst usædvanlig logbog - med prominente navne fra fortiden, blandt andre Martin Bormann og hertugen af Windsor. Logbogen afslører også, at der bag en utilgængelig vandtæt dør ligger en mappe med et endnu mere sensationelt indhold.

En mørk nat i maj 1944, en måned før D-dag, ligger den amerikanske agent Craig Osbourne i havet ud for den engelske kyst. Da en tysk båd dukker op ud af tågen og sætter kursen direkte mod ham, er han sikker på, at det er slut med hans indsats i krigen – og formodentlig også med hans liv.