A Darker Place

A Darker Place
Jack Higgins

Dillon and company are back in the ultimate blockbuster from the ‘legend’ that is Jack HigginsDisillusioned with the Putin Government, famous Russian writer and ex-paratrooper Alexander Kurbsky decides he wants to disappear into the West. However he is under no illusions about how the news will be greeted at home - he has seen too many of his countrymen die mysteriously at the hands of the thuggish Russian security services, so he makes elaborate plans with Charles Ferguson, Sean Dillon and the rest of the group known informally as the "Prime Minister's private army" for his escape and concealment.It's a real coup for the West…except for one thing. Kurbsky is still working for the Russians. The plan is to infiltrate British and American intelligence at the highest levels, and he has his own motivations for doing the most effective job possible. He does not care what he has to do or where he has to go…or whom he has to kill

A Darker Place

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2009

Copyright © Jack Higgins 2009

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Source ISBN: 9780008124977

Ebook Edition © August 2015 ISBN: 9780007318292

Version: 2015-09-09

Contents

Cover (#u5a1c36cc-61b2-5e56-b627-70268f2f3fb8)

Title Page (#uad56bdbe-2373-5fb7-b97d-76e44a8fab72)

Copyright (#u2449fed1-c88a-5d97-8b09-fa4c4c698a57)

Dedication (#u1a92ba61-8400-5dbc-a0f4-5e323949a90e)

Epigraph (#u67a89ef5-535a-5e4c-95ad-63e3d612c6e5)

NEW YORK (#u4f8540c3-c8b0-5c85-af17-b8d5e3b3997b)

Chapter 1 (#u4b49e224-050e-59f3-b5de-93b8755cfc6c)

MOSCOW LONDON (#uaaa19118-f290-5139-8d54-54789259fbc7)

Chapter 2 (#u22c87b8f-d1f6-585a-b795-5ebcc06801d8)

ROPER BELFAST 1991 (#ubbabe1e4-7621-5dbc-be52-ebaf879b8a85)

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LONDON (#ucc13884d-49e4-557b-82c5-bdf8b0ddb0b1)

Chapter 4 (#u9ed0a204-0229-547a-b649-5851e1fc7f81)

MOSCOW LONDON (#litres_trial_promo)

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LONDON PARIS (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 6 (#litres_trial_promo)

THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (#litres_trial_promo)

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LONDON (#litres_trial_promo)

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CHECHNYA 1994 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)

HOLLAND PARK MAYFAIR BELSIZE PARK (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)