Amazon.com Review In Jack Higgins's new Mafia, no one wears gold chains or carries a tommy gun. Deals are done quietly and often resemble those in the ''legal'' business world. In fact, the tentacles of the Cosa Nostra extend into the most public of industries, including TV, film, and publishing. When Truth magazine reporter Katherine Johnson starts looking too closely at the life of millionaire socialite and mob boss Jack Fox, however, the veneer of gentility dissolves immediately. Her body is found one morning floating in the East River, and the coroner suspects foul play.
Wrenched by the pain of his loss, her ex-husband--former FBI agent Blake Johnson--decides to take the law into his own hands. In fact, as part of the secret White House department known as The Basement, Blake actually has the president's permission to take out Fox in the best way he sees fit. As Blake begins his Fox hunt, Day of Reckoning evolves into an international duel between the masterminds of justice and criminality. Blake struggles to exact his revenge by slowly undermining his opponents' businesses. And Fox matches him at every turn.
While the contest between the power brokers is compelling on the surface, Higgins is unable to infuse his characters with enough life to make the story as engaging as it might have been. The heroes and villains borrow heavily from the classic James Bond play book, complete with brandy snifters, brandname cigarettes, Saville Row suits, and secret, world-dominating empires. It's fun to read as a sort of homage to thrillers of the early Cold War period, but Day of Reckoning never matches the success of such earlier Higgins greats as __ and seems to fall all too frequently into clich?. --Patrick O'Kelley
From Publishers Weekly There's a jaunty, even slapdash feel to the storytelling in Higgins's exciting new novel featuring his longtime antihero, Sean Dillon. And that's fine. The clipped dialogue and minimal exposition suit their subject well, for Dillon--once the IRA's most feared enforcer, now working for British secret police--and his cohorts are men (and, occasionally, women) of few words and swift action. Higgins's new plot is as direct as his characters. The journalist wife of Dillon's old comrade Blake Johnson is killed in Brooklyn on orders of her latest object of investigation, Jack Fox, heir apparent to the powerful Solazzo crime family. The law can't touch Fox, but Blake and Dillon can and will. Aided by Dillon's black-ops boss, Brigadier Charles Ferguson, and his crew, plus a father/son team of British gangsters, Blake and Dillon strike again and again at Fox's wallet: shutting down his London gambling den; sinking a boat laden with his gold; destroying a cache of his weapons in Ireland; foiling his plans for a major robbery in London. A subplot in which Fox's uncle, the Solazzo don, spies on his nephew with increasing displeasure adds dimension to the linear narrative and leads to a clever denouement. 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. BOMC main selection; simultaneous Putnam Berkley Audio. (Mar.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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by Jack Higgins

publisher not identified

Penguin Publishing Group

Berkley Publishing Group

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Boulevard Books

Berkley Books

Berkley mass-market ed., New York, New York State, 2001

Sean Dillon series, bk. 8, New York, ©2000

United States, United States of America

New York, New York State, 2000

New York : Berkley Books, 2000

US, 2001

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topic: Johnson, Blake (Fictitious character); Government investigators; Organized crime; Revenge

Type: 英文图书

Bookmarks:
1. (p13) HELLSMOUTH
2. (p21) IN THE BEGINNING NEW YORK
3. (p81) LONDON
4. (p155) LEBANON AL SHARIZ
5. (p177) LONDON
6. (p199) SCOTLAND IRELAND
7. (p245) LONDON
8. (p279) HELLSMOUTH
9. (p293) LONDON

theme: Johnson, Blake (Fictitious character); Government investigators; Organized crime; Revenge

A death in Brooklyn sends reverberations around the world in Jack Higgins's thrilling new adventure.
Higgins's novels of honor, bravery, and irresistible intrigue delight millions of readers every year, but few of his books pack the sheer narrative power of Day of Reckoning .
Journalist Katherine Johnson made the mistake of getting too close to the secrets of international crime boss Jack Fox -- but Fox made the mistake of killing her. Katherine's ex-husband is Blake Johnson, head of the clandestine White House department known as The Basement, and with the President's permission, the former FBI agent is about to take revenge. Wherever the money trail leads -- New York, England, Ireland, the Middle East -- Johnson and his Irish colleague, Sean Dillon, plan to hit Fox where it hurts the most, by cutting his illegal businesses to shreds, until Fox stands defenseless before his enemies.
But Fox did not become powerful by letting his enemies get that close. If Johnson and Dillon want to take him on, they will have to face his own brand of revenge. And it is a revenge every bit as deadly as their own.
Day of Reckoning is brilliant suspense -- the master working truly at the height of his powers.

<p>For years, <b>Jack Higgins</b>'s "battalions of loyal fans" (<b>People</b>) have thrilled to his "rip-roaring" (<b>Associated Press</b>) novels of honor, bravery and irresistible intrigue. Now, the master of suspense reunites the powerhouse team from his explosive bestseller <b>The White House Connection</b> to bring down an international crime boss-and this time, there's much more at stake than duty and honor...</p>
<p>A journalist is dead after making the mistake of getting too close to international crime boss Jack Fox-but Fox made a greater mistake in killing her. Because the murdered woman's ex-husband is Blake Johnson, head of the clandestine White House department known as The Basement. Now Johnson and his Irish compatriot Sean Dillon are going to bring Fox's empire down around him.</p>
<p>But Fox is not a man who backs down for anyone. So if Johnson and Dillon want to take him on, they will have to face his own brand of revenge-and it is a revenge every bit as deadly as their own...</p>

A death in Brooklyn sends reverberations around the world in Jack Higgins' thrilling new adventure. Journalist Katherine Johnson makes the mistake of getting too close to the secrets of international crime boss Jack Fox. But when she's found murdered, Fox must contend with her ex-husband, Blake Johnson, head of the clandestine White House department known as The Basement

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