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Super-spy Paul Chavasse--one of Jack Higgins' most extraordinary heroes--plunges into a high-risk mission, only to find himself at the center of a deadly double cross, fighting for his life. It's a trip that agent Chavasse will never forget. His destination: the isolated republic of Albania on the Adriatic Coast, at a time when the regime is at its most repressive and the people live in daily fear of the secret police. His job: to find a double agent whose cover has been blown and put him show more out of commission, permanently. But what Chavasse doesn't know is that deep within the twisting channels of the perilous coastal marshes, someone has set a trap for him--someone who holds the "Keys of hell.". show lessTags
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Another example of Higgins early work where he has written a new framework around an old story.
Paul Chavasse in his 3rd outing under Higgins’s pen takes on a mission to help a woman he meets at an embassy dinner. She reports that she is trying to get ‘The Black Madonna’ (A religious statue) out of Albania but her brother has been killed in the process and the boat sunk deep in the Albanian Marshes.
Enlisting the help of a colleague he goes in search of the lost idol. However, things and people are not what they seem and what follows is a tale of deception, deceit and death. A few nice twists but the story is one that I have read several times before from Higgins (Sad wind from the Sea & The Khufra Run).
A nice try but doesn’t do show more it for me. show less
Paul Chavasse in his 3rd outing under Higgins’s pen takes on a mission to help a woman he meets at an embassy dinner. She reports that she is trying to get ‘The Black Madonna’ (A religious statue) out of Albania but her brother has been killed in the process and the boat sunk deep in the Albanian Marshes.
Enlisting the help of a colleague he goes in search of the lost idol. However, things and people are not what they seem and what follows is a tale of deception, deceit and death. A few nice twists but the story is one that I have read several times before from Higgins (Sad wind from the Sea & The Khufra Run).
A nice try but doesn’t do show more it for me. show less
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Jack Higgins is a writer and educator, born in Newcastle, England on July 17, 1929. The name is the pseudonym of Harry Patterson. He also wrote under the names of Martin Fallon, James Graham, and Hugh Marlowe during his early writing career. He attended Leeds Training College and eventually graduated from the University of London in 1962 with a show more B.S. degree in Sociology. Higgins held a series of jobs, including a stint as a non-commissioned officer in the Royal House of Guards serving on the German border during the Cold War. He taught at Leeds College of Commerce and James Graham College. He has written more than 60 books including The Eagle Has Landed, Touch the Devil, Confessional, The Eagle Has Flown, and Eye of the Storm. Higgins is also the author of the Sean Dillon series. His novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into fifty-five languages. His title's The Death Trade and Rain on the Dead made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Keys of Hell
- Original title
- The Keys of Hell
- Original publication date
- 1965
- People/Characters
- Paul Chavasse
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- 364
- Popularity
- 86,075
- Reviews
- 1
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- Languages
- 7 — Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian (Bokmål), Spanish, Swedish
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 40
- ASINs
- 9
