Drink with the Devil

Drink with the Devil
Jack Higgins

Ten years ago, a fortune in gold bullion was stolen, only to disappear beneath the Irish Sea. Now it’s been found, and Sean Dillon must face ghosts from his past in the race to get to it first.A fortune in stolen British gold, brutally hijacked by Irish Protestant paramilitaries in the 1980s, lies shipwrecked at the bottom of the Irish Sea. Now the Irish Rose, and her precious cargo, have been found. The race is on to recover the bullion.Irish militant Michael Ryan wants to finance war in his homeland – and a sinister pact with the New York Mafia will make his dreams a savage reality. To stop him, the British and American authorities must call in the best: Sean Dillon, once the most feared IRA enforcer, now working for British Intelligence.His mission: to retrieve the gold and stop Ryan by any means necessary. With millions of pounds, and countless innocent lives hanging in the balance, the two men become locked in a furious race. Pursued by ghosts from his past, Dillon must fight for his own survival in this brutally thrilling game of cat and mouse.

Drink with the Devil

Copyright (#u6717ba6e-5e66-5711-9f47-3fcc98d9fec4)

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph 1996

Copyright © Harry Patterson 1996

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Dedication (#u6717ba6e-5e66-5711-9f47-3fcc98d9fec4)

To Denise Best of girls

Contents

Cover (#u9fc08526-4ef0-51c5-9d13-9b1dc9635f66)

Title Page (#u29fd3576-3d31-5cc2-bc89-1b573b612f07)

Copyright (#u3348af87-800b-5dc8-8c8f-4bcae1e933b1)

Dedication (#ufacc4edc-d2ac-5138-956a-1ec07db45514)

Irish Sea Map (#u4abd7815-2a53-5a8b-9bda-efae44240ac6)

BELFAST 1985 (#u4ecc8f6c-9422-5892-8c39-401fe22ffe29)

Chapter 1 (#uf257c59e-808c-5f1e-a6b9-7f55d2fd9dd2)

LONDON THE LAKE DISTRICT 1985 (#ucdb955ac-a248-5750-b684-00e7fa50c5f0)

Chapter 2 (#u374cd7f4-6782-5d8b-b338-2607fa6f20d7)

Chapter 3 (#u747e3c77-cadc-5a01-a77f-1e1626ccfe91)

Chapter 4 (#ubfda3ed1-0df3-5f02-bf3a-3f85a1f2bdcc)

Chapter 5 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 6 (#litres_trial_promo)

NEW YORK STATE IRELAND LONDON WASHINGTON IRELAND 1995 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 7 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 8 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

THE LAKE DISTRICT 1995 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by Jack Higgins (#litres_trial_promo)