
Dark Side of the Street
Jack Higgins(Author)
HarperCollins (Publisher)
Published on 31. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-00-723485-1 (ISBN)
Description
For Harry Youngblood, escaping from prison is going to be easy.
But escaping his past could cost him his life...
Twenty years inside for one third of a million pounds: that was the price Harry Youngblood was paying.
Drummond is Youngblood's cellmate. He is also intelligence agent Paul Chavasse, working undercover. And when Youngblood is broken out, Chavasse tags along for the ride.
His objective is to break the crime ring headed by the Baron, to whom Youngblood is indebted. But Chavasse will have to get past a psychopathic henchman named Vaughan if he is to succeed...
But escaping his past could cost him his life...
Twenty years inside for one third of a million pounds: that was the price Harry Youngblood was paying.
Drummond is Youngblood's cellmate. He is also intelligence agent Paul Chavasse, working undercover. And when Youngblood is broken out, Chavasse tags along for the ride.
His objective is to break the crime ring headed by the Baron, to whom Youngblood is indebted. But Chavasse will have to get past a psychopathic henchman named Vaughan if he is to succeed...
Reviews / Votes
'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
'100 per cent proof adventure'
New York Times
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 108 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
145 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-723485-1 (9780007234851)
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Person
Jack Higgins lived in Belfast till the age of twelve. Leaving school at fifteen, he spent three years with the Royal Horse Guards, and was later a teacher and university lecturer. His thirty-sixth novel, The Eagle Has Landed (1975), turned him into an international bestselling author, and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into sixty languages. Many have been made into successful films. He died in 2022, at his home in Jersey, surrounded by his family.