AUDIO

The Midnight Bell

by Jack Higgins
6 CDs. 7:45 hrs. Brilliance Audio Dec. 2016. ISBN 9781511322331. $34.99. digital download. F
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Prolific author of yarns of spy craft and intrigue, Higgins returns to his Sean Dillon series with a revenge tale featuring a newly revived al-Qaeda, whose latest leader, "The Master," harangues the heroic cast of the "Prime Minister's private army" with endless threatening telephone calls and manipulates sundry miscreants into acts of random violence against Dillon and his comrades. Along the way a treasonous plot against the U.S. President is uncovered and quashed, and the mystery of a lost treasure ship is solved.
VERDICT With a villain whose main weapon seems to be a cell phone with unlimited international minutes, a cast of characters straight out of an English drawing-room comedy, and a barely discernible plot, this program is only redeemed by the dedicated exertions of award-winning narrator Michael Page, whose acting prowess somehow makes this mess of a book entertaining. Recommended for die-hard Higgins fans only.
Reviewed by Forrest Link, Coll. of New Jersey, Ewing , Mar 24, 2017
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