- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st Edition edition (5 Feb 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 000226157X
- ISBN-13: 978-0002261579
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 680,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Even in the secret world, there are rules; Jack Higgins' Edge of Danger looks at what happens when rules get broken. Paul Rashid is heir to a British title and the chieftain of a Bedouin tribe--his sense of offended family honour is intense. When oil interests trying to break his control of vast deposits attempt the life of his family, and another assassin kills his mother at home in England, he decides that mere vengeance is not enough--there has to be a reckoning that will establish once and for all that he and his are not to be touched. American and Russian interests were involved--and so he organises the assassination of both the American President and the Russian Premier, as well as anyone else who gets in his way. When he hires out-of-work IRA assassins, British Intelligence get involved, and play their trump card--their own assassin, Sean Dillon. The usual Higgins sense of how the world of violence and mayhem works is here, along with some rather touching material about the clash of incompatible world views--Dillon is charmed by the Rashids, especially Paul's sister Kate, at the same time as he knows he is right to fight them. --Roz Kaveney
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‘Higgins is a master of his craft.’
Daily Telegraph
‘A thriller writer in a class of his own.’
Financial Times
‘A compulsively readable storyteller.’
Sunday Express
‘The master craftsman of good, clean adventure.’
Daily Mail
‘It’s Dillon’s likeability and the author’s adroitness in giving his character the room he needs that make Higgins’s novels so readable.’
Washington Times
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
another great sean dillon read,
By A Customer
This review is from: Edge Of Danger : (Paperback)
this is another in the sean dillon series and has added more flesh to his bones.jack higgins allows you to enjoy this story even if you have not read any other of the series.but if you have that lovable rogue is back and this time you cant even hate the villian as he tries to do the right thing even if its wrong. read this book and enjoy and go and find the others in the series if you are hooked by the end you wont be able to to stop till you read them all and like me won't be able to wait for the next
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Implausible Action That Doesn't Thrill,
By Donald Mitchell "Jesus Loves You!" (Thanks for Providing My Reviews over 110,000 Helpful Votes Globally) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: Edge of Danger (Hardcover)
The premise of this book is that someone who doesn't care if he dies is unstoppable.Mr. Higgins's invincible hero in Edge of Danger is the familiar Sean Dillon, ex-IRA, who continues his role in earlier Higgins books of foiling terrorists on behalf of the British government. The terrorists here come from a wealthy, influential British family (the Daunceys) with Bedouin roots (the Rashids) as well. The Rashids employ IRA and Arab mercenaries to execute their plans, but get their own hands pretty dirty in the process. The book is marred by several problems. First, Dillon's inevitable success makes the action seem redundant. Second, there's too much action crammed into the story (enough for about four books) so you don't get the careful build-up of tension and then relief that makes action thrilling to read about. You just get another punch in the stomach, and move on to the next. Third, this book is about meglomania on such a grand scale as to be like looking inside an insane asylum. That robs the story of validity. Fourth, the villains are cut out of such thin cardboard that all you can tell about them is that they are crazy, rich, and stupid. The threat from their plots is hard to take seriously. Fifth, the book relies on references to products and brands as the primary means to establish mood and setting, a weak method to employ in such a sketchy book. I was surprised by how far Mr. Higgins has strayed from his roots as a thoughtful thriller writer. In Edge of Danger, he has almost written a satire of his own work. In fact, the book is almost a crossover into the worst of the post-Ian Fleming 007 books. The point he wants to make is that honesty and loyalty are what count, rather than one's ancestors, money, or influence. That message seems distorted by the fact that Sean Dillon turns out to be available to run errands for the rich without fully understanding what he is facilitating. What good are honesty and loyalty if they can be suborned by almost anyone, including the creeps in this book? This early betrayal of the Dillon character by Mr. Higgins sets up a reason for Dillon to be angry and want revenge, but even that's not carried off well. Between violent episodes, the good guys and the bad guys are having civil little chats with one another suggesting that the bad guys should mend their ways. Unlike many series, you could skip this book and not miss a single important development about Sean Dillon and his colleagues. If you do decide to read Edge of Danger, set a time limit and read quickly. That will make the experience more exciting by giving you a real source of suspense. Will you finish the book before your time runs out? After you finish the book (if you insist on reading it), I suggest that you contemplate what makes thrillers thrilling. What draws you to this genre? How can you tell if a book will meet that promise from reviews? Which reviewers are reliable and which praise everything? How can you evaluate whether to finish such a book once you've started? What face do you want evil to show, in order to make the triumph of good rewarding? Seek out the spread of goodness in all that you do!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another good read from Higgins,
By A Customer
This review is from: Edge Of Danger : (Paperback)
As an avid Higgins reader, I eagerly awaited his new title. The reappearance of old favourites such as Sean Dillon and Brigader Ferguson made the book easy to get into and the action from the very first page set the scene for a trademark Higgins confrontation.Although not as enjoyable as Higgins' classics such as 'The Eagle has Landed', this book was certainly worth a read and added yet another thrilling volume to the Higgins collection.
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