- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (26 Nov 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140280316
- ISBN-13: 978-0140280319
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 62,883 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A u-boat, sunk in the deepest waters of the Caribbean, has remained hidden for almost 50 years. But the discovery of the secrets it holds could bring down the British Government. The race to find the sealed container, to use it or destroy it, is fiercely contested by many interested parties.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Thunder Point tells the story of a U-boat found recently as a wreck in the Virgin Islands. On board lies the ultimate treasure - a black book who's who of Nazi sympathisers including political figures at the very top of the British hierarchy. It is vital that this information is destroyed for the protection of national security... clearly this must be done quietly so the only way to do this is to bring in Sean Dillon to do the job.
This book contains a similar cast to a number of other Higgins books.. Sean Dillon (ex-IRA enforcer now working for the British government) and Brigadier Charles Ferguson (in change of special operations for the Prime Minister and as english as you could possibly get). The story takes you through a roller-coaster adventure with political manoeuvrings part of the course.
I cannot recommend this book enough - it is an exciting read from the first page and if you have not read any other Higgins books before.. I would suggest you could not do better than to start with this one.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Typical of a Jack Higgins book this was a suitably entertaining read and there was no time to get bored with the plot because of the speed at which it was developed. It didn't however contain anything that made this a particularly special book. The idea of Bormann escaping Berlin with documents now at the bottom of the sea in a crashed submarine sounded promising and when the book started with Dillon getting mixed up in the Balkans I thought I was in store for a thrilling read. But the story seemed to be no more than a rerun of On Dangerous Ground except with different villains and different documents. The thing that was least convincing was why Ferguson should wish to involve Dillon in the first place. Doesn't he know any British divers? Still, at least it brought Dillon into the action who is a strong character if a little unbelievable in places. All in all it's not bad, but not a patch on The Eagle Has Landed.
Format:Paperback
I've read some great books by Jack Higgins, others that were quite reasonable, but not worth adding to my permanent library. This was the first time I've read one that was frankly poor. So OK, if you just read and never think about how likely it is, you might still like it, but really...
SPOILER ALERT: Our heroes know that the opposition are murderous, Dillon has already been run off the road and shot at, the nastiest one has dropped rotting fish bait over where they were diving in order to attract sharks, and yet they blithely go to the restaurant on the baddie's island, leave the airplane in the dark, alone, and have a nice dinner and discussion with Santiago (the Big Baddie.) Is it a surprise that the plane was sabotaged? When I should have been on the edge of my seat wondering whether they'd survive the plunge toward the ocean, I wandered off to do the ironing! It seemed to me they deserved to die.
What else? Only a few people knew what they'd found, yet the baddie knew straight away. They didn't even bother speculating who'd told him or trying to do anything about it! Just kept feeding information straight to the traitor.
And then, which I thought quite criminal, they left the innocent girl unwarned, even when by that stage, there had already been a successful murder or two, and she'd already been attacked. It is no thanks to these idiot 'heroes' that she survived the inevitable encounter, though badly injured and having been tortured. They didn't even apologise to her. They were almost as responsible for the attack on her as the Baddies, it seems to me.
I know that arrant stupidity is often accepted in light romances, but asking the reader to tolerate it in what should have been a first-class thriller is asking too much. I'm going back to reading more Indie writers. Technically, their writing may not be so good sometimes, but at least one can be reasonably sure that they're trying.
I do not think that Jack Higgins was trying.
SPOILER ALERT: Our heroes know that the opposition are murderous, Dillon has already been run off the road and shot at, the nastiest one has dropped rotting fish bait over where they were diving in order to attract sharks, and yet they blithely go to the restaurant on the baddie's island, leave the airplane in the dark, alone, and have a nice dinner and discussion with Santiago (the Big Baddie.) Is it a surprise that the plane was sabotaged? When I should have been on the edge of my seat wondering whether they'd survive the plunge toward the ocean, I wandered off to do the ironing! It seemed to me they deserved to die.
What else? Only a few people knew what they'd found, yet the baddie knew straight away. They didn't even bother speculating who'd told him or trying to do anything about it! Just kept feeding information straight to the traitor.
And then, which I thought quite criminal, they left the innocent girl unwarned, even when by that stage, there had already been a successful murder or two, and she'd already been attacked. It is no thanks to these idiot 'heroes' that she survived the inevitable encounter, though badly injured and having been tortured. They didn't even apologise to her. They were almost as responsible for the attack on her as the Baddies, it seems to me.
I know that arrant stupidity is often accepted in light romances, but asking the reader to tolerate it in what should have been a first-class thriller is asking too much. I'm going back to reading more Indie writers. Technically, their writing may not be so good sometimes, but at least one can be reasonably sure that they're trying.
I do not think that Jack Higgins was trying.
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Nan loved it!
Bought as a Christmas present for my nan - she loved it, so couldn't be happier. Apparently all Jack Higgins books are excellent?
Published 4 months ago by Mr. Man
thunder point
all good, book arrived quickly and in good condition, thunder point in particular is a ripping yarn with JH keeping u enthralled page after page with 'dillon' coming through in the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by rebeldog
Thunder Point
Have read all other Sean Dillon stories but had not been able to get this early book until recently.Up to the usual Higgins standard.
Published 13 months ago by MARTIN Cuff
Thunder Point
Having read this book recently I must say that I enjoyed it immensley. The charactors you could easily relate to - and the general plot was nicely based around the numerous... Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2004
A disgraceful waste of time
I read this terrible book whilst on holiday recently. This tale has all the cliches you can imagine - the bumbling Scotland Yard detective, the pompous British aristocrat and (most... Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2004
Impossible to put down
This is yet another book staring Sean Dillon and it does him credit. This book is breath taking from page 1 to 360.
Published on 22 July 1999
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