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On Dangerous Ground

Sean Dillon Series, Book 3

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On Dangerous Ground

By: Jack Higgins
Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
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About this listen

A clandestine treaty. A death-bed confession. The hunt is on for Sean Dillon, who must go head to head with the Mafia.

The year is 1944. Just outside Delhi a British Dakota crashes, taking lives and destroying a clandestine treaty signed by Lord Mountbatten and the Communist leader, Mao Tse-tung. An historic agreement, one set to change the course of history.

Over thirty years later, a death-bed confession from a Mafia kingpin reveals the answers to untouched secrets about the treaty, and just how much the British and Chinese governments would pay for its destruction.

It's not long before Sean Dillon enters the fray, his feared expertise tested as he goes up against the uncompromising violence of the Mafia and the enticing dangers of a beautiful woman, more deadly than any assassin.

Battling ruthless killers and the higher unseen powers of the government, Dillon must expose treacheries, colossal truths, and risk everything he loves in an explosive and thrilling quest for justice.

©1994 Harry Patterson (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Action & Adventure Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military Fiction Thriller Crime Exciting Military Government Mafia

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Critic reviews

‘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.’
Daily Mail

‘A splendid Boy’s Own-style adventure… in the tradition of Alistair MacLean’
Daily Express
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Prologue not chapter 1 to make sequence correct ! enjoying it so far this day today

Chapter sequencing

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The narrator good as always which makes the story and whole series of Sean Dillon much to enjoy. Don't miss this one.

As usual another great thriller from Jack Higgins,

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Great story, wonderful performance. enthralling from beginning to end. I can't wait to start the next in the series.

Another brilliant performance

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brilliant and serpentine, Sean Dillon at his deadly best. this one keeps you guessing. what next!

another masterpiece from the master himself

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The narrator lets this down massively
He flits between Irish & Scottish accents for characters
The Irish accents range from Dublin, northern and a mixture of dated stereotypes across the country. It’s enough to ruin the book.
A Scottish character will start off Scottish and change mid sentence
The plot itself was ok but predictable
I’m not sure whether I’ll continue with the series

Awful accents

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