A DARKER PLACE Hardback - 2009

de Higgins, Jack

The New York Times–bestselling author and'dean of intrigue novelists'returns with a remarkable novel of espionageand revenge.

A famous Russian writer and ex-paratrooper namedAlexander Kurbsky is fed up with the Putin governmentand decides he wants to 'disappear' into theWest. He is under no illusions, however, about how the newswill be greeted at home, having seen too many of his countrymendie mysteriously at the hands of the thuggish Russian securityservices, so he makes elaborate plans with CharlesFerguson, Sean Dillon, and the rest of the group known informallyas the 'Prime Minister's private army' for his escape andconcealment.

It's a real coup for the West except for one thing: Kurbskyis still working for the Russians. The plan is to infiltrate Britishand American intelligence at the highest levels, and he has hisown motivations for doing the most effective job possible. Hedoes not care what he has to do or where he has to go . . . or whohe has to kill.

Filled with suspense, driven by characters of complexity andpassion, A Darker Place once again proves that, in the words ofthe Associated Press, 'When it comes to thriller writers, onename stands well above the crowd Jack Higgins.'