Night of the Fox

Product Description

The New York Times–bestselling author’s “most tingling thriller since The Eagle Has Landed”: An agent poses as a Nazi for a mission on the verge of D-Day (Publishers Weekly).
 
In May of 1944, shipwrecked American Colonel Hugh Kelso washes up on the shore of Nazi-occupied Jersey—with a valuable secret. As one of the few men with knowledge of the impending invasion of Normandy, Kelso must be rescued at all costs.
 
Enter Harry Martineau, a covert British operative charged with the dangerous mission of impersonating a Nazi officer to infiltrate Jersey and retrieve—or silence—Colonel Kelso. It is not only their lives that hang in the balance . . .
 
A riveting World War II thriller,
Night of the Fox is “an exceptional tale” from the multimillion-selling author of the Liam Devlin and Sean Dillon series, a master of edge-of-your-seat espionage adventure (
Library Journal). It was adapted into a TV film starring George Peppard, John Mills, and Michael York.
 

Review

“Jack Higgins is the master.” —Tom Clancy

“Higgins is a real pro.” —
The New York Times Book Review


“Jack Higgins . . . means adventure fiction at its best.” —
The Commercial Appeal



About the Author



Jack Higgins is the
New York Times bestselling author of more than sixty thrillers that have sold over 250 million copies worldwide, including
The Eagle Has Landed and
The Wolf at the Door. Before beginning his writing career, Higgins served in the British Army along the East German border. He lives in the Channel Islands.