Hell Is Always Today

281 Pages·2016·1.17 MB·English

by  Higgins Jack

Praise for the thrillers of
Jack Higgins
DARK JUSTICE
“High-speed narration.” —Publishers Weekly
BAD COMPANY
“Higgins writes with spare velocity, racing through a com-
plex plot... [and] has no equal in the realm of ex-Nazis
wreaking havoc.. . . Higgins maintains the suspense and
even manages a series of nasty surprises along the way.”
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Starts off at light speed and quickly goes into warp drive,
never easing up on the throttle so that readers never quite
catch their breath.” —Stonnington Leader (Australia)
MIDNIGHT RUNNER
“The fun comes from the wisecracking band of dangerous
but bighearted secret soldiers Higgins wheels out to save the
world—and his galloping Hollywood-ready pace.” —People
“Swift and coursing with dark passion... as credible and
steel-hearted as Higgins’s best.” —Publishers Weekly
EDGE OF DANGER
“This is Higgins near the top of his game...a nother win-
ner.” —Publishers Weekly
“His 32nd triumphant exercise in keeping readers hugely
entertained.” —Los Angeles Times
“The action is nonstop.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
continued ...
DAY OF RECKONING
“The action is sleek and intensely absorbing, but the supreme
pleasure is in those Higgins celebrates—tarnished warriors
who value honor over life and who get the job done no
matter what the cost.” —Publishers Weekly
THE WHITE HOUSE CONNECTION
“The White House Connection has one heckuva heroine . . .
[who] begins a one-woman assassination spree that will
keep you turning the pages.” —Larry King, USA Today
“Masterful... a satisfying, suspense-filled book.”
—Roanoke Times & World News
“[A] page-turning thriller.” —The Indianapolis Star
THE PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER
“High-tension action and harrowing twists—Higgins at his
best.” —Midwest Book Review
“A tight story with plenty of action.”—Chattanooga Free Press
NIGHT JUDGEMENT AT SINOS
“This is one you won’t put down.” —The New York Times
DRINK WITH THE DEVIL
“A most intoxicating thriller.” —The Associated Press
“It is Dillon’s likeability and the author’s adroitness in giv-
ing his character the room he needs that make Higgins’s
novels so readable.” —The Washington Times
YEAR OF THE TIGER
“Higgins spins as mean a tale as Ludlum, Forsythe, or any
of them.” —Philadelphia Daily News
ANGEL OF DEATH
“Pulsing excitement... Higgins makes the pages fly.”
—New York Daily News
“The action never stops.” —The San Francisco Examiner
EYE OF THE STORM
Also pu blished as Mi dni g ht Man
“Heart-stopping... spectacular and surprising.”
—Abilene Reporter-News
“Razor-edged... will give you an adrenaline high. It’s a
winner.” —Tulsa World
ON DANGEROUS GROUND
“A whirlwind of action, with a hero who can out-Bond old
James. It’s told in the author’s best style, with never a pause
for breath.” —The New York Times Book Review
SHEBA
“When it comes to thriller writers, one name stands well
above the crowd—Jack Higgins.” —The Associated Press
THUNDER POINT
“Dramatic... authentic... one of the author’s best.”
—The New York Times
“A rollicking adventure that twists and turns.”
—The San Diego Union-Tribune
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
“One-hundred-percent-proof adventure.”
—The New York Times
BROUGHT IN DEAD
“Action-packed, colourful and written by a natural story-
teller.” —Sunday Mail (London)
Titles by Jack Higgins
hell is always today cold harbour
bad company memories of a dance-hall
midnight runner romeo
the graveyard shift a season in hell
edge of danger night of the fox
day of reckoning confessional
the keys of hell exocet
the white house connection touch the devil
in the hour before midnight luciano’s luck
east of desolation solo
the president’s daughter day of judgment
pay the devil storm warning
flight of eagles the last place god made
year of the tiger a prayer for the dying
drink with the devil the eagle has landed
night judgement at sinos the run to morning
angel of death dillinger
sheba to catch a king
on dangerous ground the valhalla exchange
thunder point the khufra run
eye of the storm (also a game for heroes
published as midnight man) the wrath of god
the eagle has flown
Hell Is
Always Today
Jack Higgins
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Prologue
The police car turned at the end of the street and
pulled into the kerb beside the lamp. The driver kept
the motor running, and grinned at his passenger.
“Rather you than me on a night like this, but I was
forgetting. You love your work, don’t you?”
Police Constable Henry Joseph Dwyer’s reply was
unprintable and he stood at the edge of the pave-
ment, a strangely melancholy figure in the helmet
and cape, listening to the sound of the car fade into
the night. Rain fell steadily, drifting down through
the yellow glow of the street lamp in a silver spray
and he turned morosely and walked towards the end
of the street.
Jack Higgins
It was just after ten and the night stretched before
him, cold and damp. The city was lonely and for spe-
cial reasons at that time, rather frightening even for
an old hand like Joe Dwyer. Still, no point in worry-
ing about that. Another ten months and he’d be out of
it, but his hand still moved inside his cape to touch
the small two-way radio in his breast pocket, the life-
line that could bring help when needed within a mat-
ter of minutes.
He paused on the corner and looked across the
square towards the oasis of light that was the coffee
stall on the other side. No harm in starting off with
something warm inside him and he needed some
cigarettes.
There was only one customer, a large, heavily
built man in an old trenchcoat and rain hat who was
talking to Sam Harkness, the owner. As Dwyer ap-
proached, the man turned, calling goodnight over his
shoulder and plunged into the rain head down so that
he and the policeman collided.
“Steady on there,” Dwyer began and then recog-
nised him. “Oh, it’s you, Mr. Faulkner. Nasty night,
sir.”
Faulkner grinned. “You can say that again. I only
came out for some cigarettes. Hope they’re paying
you double time tonight.”
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