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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Higgins" title="Jack Higgins – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Jack Higgins" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%AD_%ED%9E%88%EA%B8%B4%EC%8A%A4" title="잭 히긴스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="잭 히긴스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D6%84_%D5%80%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%BD" title="Ջեք Հիգինս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ջեք Հիգինս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" 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class="mw-disambig" title="Jack Higgins (disambiguation)">Jack Higgins (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Jack Higgins</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_Higgins_photo.webp" class="mw-file-description" title="Higgins in 1983"><img alt="Higgins in 1983" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/Jack_Higgins_photo.webp/250px-Jack_Higgins_photo.webp.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/Jack_Higgins_photo.webp/330px-Jack_Higgins_photo.webp.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/Jack_Higgins_photo.webp/387px-Jack_Higgins_photo.webp.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="258" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:1.4em;">Higgins in 1983</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Henry Patterson<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1929-07-27</span>)</span>27 July 1929<br /><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">9 April 2022<span style="display:none">(2022-04-09)</span> (aged 92)<br /><a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Novelist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Period</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1959–2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Thriller_(genre)" title="Thriller (genre)">Thriller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spy_fiction" title="Spy fiction">espionage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mystery_fiction" title="Mystery fiction">mystery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eagle_Has_Landed_(novel)" title="The Eagle Has Landed (novel)">The Eagle Has Landed</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Prayer_for_the_Dying" title="A Prayer for the Dying">A Prayer for the Dying</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eagle_Has_Flown" title="The Eagle Has Flown">The Eagle Has Flown</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thunder_Point" title="Thunder Point">Thunder Point</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angel_of_Death_(novel)" title="Angel of Death (novel)">Angel of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flight_of_Eagles" title="Flight of Eagles">Flight of Eagles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Day_of_Reckoning_(novel)" title="Day of Reckoning (novel)">Day of Reckoning</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Amy Hewitt</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1958⁠–⁠1984)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712" /> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Denise Palmer</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1985)<wbr /></div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Children</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">4</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Henry Patterson</b> (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his <a href="/wiki/Pen_name" title="Pen name">pen name</a> <b>Jack Higgins</b>, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular <a href="/wiki/Thriller_(genre)" title="Thriller (genre)">thrillers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spy_fiction" title="Spy fiction">espionage</a> novels. His novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Eagle_Has_Landed_(novel)" title="The Eagle Has Landed (novel)">The Eagle Has Landed</a></i> (1975) sold more than 50 million copies<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was adapted into a successful 1976 movie <a href="/wiki/The_Eagle_Has_Landed_(film)" title="The Eagle Has Landed (film)">of the same title</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of his other notable books are <i><a href="/wiki/A_Prayer_for_the_Dying" title="A Prayer for the Dying">A Prayer for the Dying</a></i> (1973), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Eagle_Has_Flown" title="The Eagle Has Flown">The Eagle Has Flown</a></i> (1991), <i><a href="/wiki/Thunder_Point" title="Thunder Point">Thunder Point</a></i> (1993), <i><a href="/wiki/Angel_of_Death_(novel)" title="Angel of Death (novel)">Angel of Death</a></i> (1995), <i><a href="/wiki/Flight_of_Eagles" title="Flight of Eagles">Flight of Eagles</a></i> (1998), and <i><a href="/wiki/Day_of_Reckoning_(novel)" title="Day of Reckoning (novel)">Day of Reckoning</a></i> (2000).<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His 85 novels in total have sold more than 250 million copies and have been translated into 55 languages.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Higgins&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jack Higgins was born Henry Patterson<sup id="cite_ref-people_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 27 July 1929 in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a> to an English father and a Northern Irish mother.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When his father abandoned them soon afterward, his mother returned with him to her home town of <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, to live with her mother and her grandfather on the <a href="/wiki/Shankill_Road" title="Shankill Road">Shankill Road</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Raised amid the religious and political violence of Belfast, Patterson learned to read at the age of three, when he was tasked with reading <i>The Christian Herald</i> to his bed-ridden grandfather.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At night, he would crouch beneath a window and read by the light of street lamps. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I read <i><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Twist" title="Oliver Twist">Oliver Twist</a></i> when I was six. Not because it was a classic, but because it was a book that was available. I probably didn't understand everything in it—for years I used to pronounce the word rogue as <i>rogger</i>—but I didn't care. I just loved reading.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>When his mother remarried, the family relocated to <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a>, England, where Patterson won a scholarship to attend <a href="/wiki/Roundhay_School" title="Roundhay School">Roundhay Grammar School for Boys</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian2022_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian2022-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He proved to be an indifferent student and left school with few formal qualifications. In 1947 he began two years of <a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_Kingdom#After_1945" title="Conscription in the United Kingdom">national service</a>, at first with the <a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="East Yorkshire Regiment">East Yorkshire Regiment</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later as a <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">non-commissioned officer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Blues_and_Royals" title="Blues and Royals">Royal Horse Guards Regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry" title="Household Cavalry">Household Cavalry</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> doing security work on the <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East German</a> border.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After leaving the army, he returned to education at Beckett Park teacher training college in Leeds and studied for a BSc <a href="/wiki/Sociology" title="Sociology">sociology</a> degree as a <a href="/wiki/London_School_of_Economics" title="London School of Economics">London School of Economics</a> external student, taking his finals in Bradford in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian2022_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian2022-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By day, he was working as a driver and labourer at night. He chose the university for its "history of nonconformism".<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received his third-class degree after three years of study.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After getting a teaching qualification, he started teaching at Allerton Grange Comprehensive School. He accepted a job lecturing in social psychology and criminology.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He taught liberal studies at <a href="/wiki/Leeds_Beckett_University" title="Leeds Beckett University">Leeds Polytechnic</a> and education at James Graham College, which became part of Leeds Polytechnic in 1976. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Higgins&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Jack_Higgins" title="Special:EditPage/Jack Higgins">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1959, Higgins began writing novels.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of his aliases was James Graham. The growing success of his early work allowed him to take time off from his teaching, which he quit eventually to become a full-time novelist. </p><p>Patterson's early novels, using his own name (as "Harry Patterson") as well as the pseudonyms James Graham, Martin Fallon, and Hugh Marlowe, are thrillers that typically feature hardened, cynical heroes, ruthless villains, and dangerous locales. Patterson published thirty-five such novels (sometimes three or four a year) between 1959 and 1974, learning his craft. <i>East Of Desolation</i> (1968), <i>A Game For Heroes</i> (1970) and <i>The Savage Day</i> (1972) are notable among his early work for their vividly described settings (<a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>, the Channel Islands, and Belfast, respectively) and offbeat plots. </p><p>Patterson began using the pseudonym Jack Higgins during the late 1960s; his first minor bestsellers were published during the early 1970s, two contemporary thrillers <i>The Savage Day</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/A_Prayer_for_the_Dying" title="A Prayer for the Dying">A Prayer for the Dying</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but it was the publication of his thirty-sixth book, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Eagle_Has_Landed_(novel)" title="The Eagle Has Landed (novel)">The Eagle Has Landed</a>,</i> in 1975, that made Higgins' reputation. Its plot concerns a German commando unit sent into England to kidnap <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>. The main character is arguably an Irish gunman and poet, <a href="/wiki/Liam_Devlin" title="Liam Devlin">Liam Devlin</a>. Higgins followed <i>The Eagle Has Landed</i> with a series of thrillers, including several (<i>Touch The Devil</i>, <i>Confessional</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Eagle_Has_Flown" title="The Eagle Has Flown">The Eagle Has Flown</a></i>) featuring the character Devlin. </p><p>The third phase of Patterson's career began with the publication of <i>Eye of the Storm</i> in 1992, a fictionalised retelling of <a href="/wiki/Downing_Street_mortar_attack" title="Downing Street mortar attack">an unsuccessful mortar attack</a> on Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a>, by a ruthless young Irish gunman-philosopher named <a href="/wiki/Sean_Dillon_(Jack_Higgins_character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sean Dillon (Jack Higgins character)">Sean Dillon</a>, hired by an <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraqi</a> millionaire. Cast as the main character for the next series of novels (22 out of 43 published between 1992 and 2017), it is apparent that Dillon is in many ways an amalgamation of Patterson's previous heroes—Chavasse with his flair for languages, Nick Miller's familiarity with martial arts and jazz keyboard skills, Simon Vaughan's Irish roots, facility with firearms and the cynicism that comes with assuming the responsibility of administering a justice unavailable through a civilised legal system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Higgins&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Higgins met Amy Hewitt while both were studying at the London School of Economics.<sup id="cite_ref-people_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were married in 1958, soon after he received a £75<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> advance for his first novel—"the biggest wedding present we could have had."<sup id="cite_ref-people_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had four children: Sarah (born 1960), Ruth (born 1962), Sean (born 1965), and Hannah (born 1974).<sup id="cite_ref-people_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jh-confessional_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jh-confessional-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their daughter Sarah Patterson authored the novel <i>The Distant Summer</i> (1976).<sup id="cite_ref-sp-distant_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sp-distant-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The marriage ended in 1984. In 1985, he married his second wife, Denise Palmer, who was a contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a> at <a href="/wiki/St_Hugh%27s_College,_Oxford" title="St Hugh's College, Oxford">St Hugh's College, Oxford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Higgins died at his home in <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wb-interview-87_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wb-interview-87-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 9 April 2022, at the age of 92.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian-Obit_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-Obit-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JEvP-Obit_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JEvP-Obit-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph-Obit_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-Obit-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_information">Additional information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Higgins&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Additional information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Leeds_Trinity_University" title="Leeds Trinity University">Leeds Trinity University</a> (formerly Leeds Trinity and All Saints College), there is the Jack Higgins Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement. This is awarded annually to select students within the English Faculty who have demonstrated exceptional academic excellence.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Higgins&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="3%!">N° </th> <th width="5%">Year </th> <th width="25%">Title<sup id="cite_ref-scintilla_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scintilla-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="15%">Writing as </th> <th width="15%">Featuring </th> <th width="15%">Publisher </th> <th width="25%" class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>1959 </td> <td><i>Sad Wind from the Sea</i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td>Mark Hagen </td> <td>John Long </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>1960 </td> <td><i>Cry of the Hunter</i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td>Martin Fallon </td> <td>John Long </td> <td>Martin Fallon Book 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>1961 </td> <td><i>The Thousand Faces of Night</i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td>Hugh Marlow </td> <td>John Long </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>1962 </td> <td><i>Comes the Dark Stranger</i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td>Martin Shane </td> <td>John Long </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>1962 </td> <td><i>Hell Is Too Crowded</i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td>Matthew Brady </td> <td>John Long </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>1962 </td> <td><i>The Testament of Caspar Schultz</i> </td> <td>Martin Fallon </td> <td>Paul Chavasse </td> <td>Abelard-Schuman </td> <td>Paul Chavasse Book 1<br />Revised and re-released in 2006 as <i>The Bormann Testament</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>1963 </td> <td><i>The Dark Side of the Island</i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td>Hugh Lomax </td> <td>Fawcett </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>1963 </td> <td><i>Pay the Devil</i> </td> <td>Henry Patterson </td> <td>Clay Fitzgerald </td> <td>Barrie & Rockliff </td> <td>Revised and re-released in 2000 under the same name </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td>1963 </td> <td><i>Seven Pillars to Hell</i> </td> <td>Hugh Marlowe </td> <td>Gavin Kane </td> <td>Abelard-Schuman </td> <td>Revised and re-released in 1994 as <i>Sheba</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>1963 </td> <td><i>Year of the Tiger</i> </td> <td>Martin Fallon </td> <td>Paul Chavasse </td> <td>Abelard-Schuman </td> <td>Paul Chavasse Book 2<br />Revised and re-released in 1996 under the same name </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td>1964 </td> <td><i>Passage by Night</i> </td> <td>Hugh Marlowe </td> <td>Harry Manning </td> <td>Abelard-Schuman </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td>1964 </td> <td><i>A Phoenix in the Blood</i> </td> <td>Henry Patterson </td> <td>Jay Williams </td> <td>Barry & Rockliff </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td>1964 </td> <td><i>Thunder at Noon</i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td>John Dillinger </td> <td> </td> <td>Revised and re-released in 1983 as <i>Dillinger</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td>1964 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wrath_of_the_Lion" title="Wrath of the Lion">Wrath of the Lion</a></i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td>Neil Mallory </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td>1965 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Graveyard_Shift_(novel)" title="The Graveyard Shift (novel)">The Graveyard Shift</a></i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td>Nick Miller </td> <td> </td> <td>Nick Miller Book 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td>1965 </td> <td><i>The Keys of Hell</i> </td> <td>Martin Fallon </td> <td>Paul Chavasse </td> <td> </td> <td>Paul Chavasse Book 3<br />Revised and re-released in 2002 under the same name </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td>1966 </td> <td><i>A Candle for the Dead</i> </td> <td>Hugh Marlowe </td> <td>Sean Rogan </td> <td> </td> <td>Revised and re-released the same year as <i>The Violent Enemy</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td>1966 </td> <td><i>The Iron Tiger</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Jack Drummond </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td>1966 </td> <td><i>Midnight Never Comes</i> </td> <td>Martin Fallon </td> <td>Paul Chavasse </td> <td> </td> <td>Paul Chavasse Book 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td>1967 </td> <td><i>Brought in Dead</i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td>Nick Miller </td> <td> </td> <td>Nick Miller Book 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td>1967 </td> <td><i>Dark Side of the Street</i> </td> <td>Martin Fallon </td> <td>Paul Chavasse </td> <td> </td> <td>Paul Chavasse Book 5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td>1968 </td> <td><i>East of Desolation</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Joe Martin </td> <td>Berkley </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td>1968 </td> <td><i>Hell Is Always Today</i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td>Nick Miller </td> <td> </td> <td>Nick Miller Book 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Fine_Night_for_Dying" title="A Fine Night for Dying">A Fine Night for Dying</a></i> </td> <td>Martin Fallon </td> <td>Paul Chavasse </td> <td> </td> <td>Paul Chavasse Book 6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td>1969 </td> <td><i>In the Hour Before Midnight</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Stacy Wyatt </td> <td> </td> <td>Revised and re-released the same year as <i>The Sicilian Heritage</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td><i>A Game for Heroes</i> </td> <td>James Graham </td> <td>Owen Morgan </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td><i>Night Judgement at Sinos</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Jack Savage </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 </td> <td>1971 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Place_God_Made" title="The Last Place God Made">The Last Place God Made</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sam Hannah </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 </td> <td>1971 </td> <td><i>Toll for the Brave</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Ellis Jackson </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 </td> <td>1971 </td> <td><i>The Wrath of God</i> </td> <td>James Graham </td> <td>Emmet Kogh </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 </td> <td>1972 </td> <td><i>The Khufra Run</i> </td> <td>James Graham </td> <td>Jack Nelson </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>32 </td> <td>1972 </td> <td><i>The Savage Day</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Simon Vaughan </td> <td>Holt </td> <td>Simon Vaughan Book 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33 </td> <td>1973 </td> <td><i>A Prayer for the Dying</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Martin Fallon </td> <td>Holt </td> <td>Martin Fallon Book 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>34 </td> <td>1974 </td> <td><i>The Run to Morning</i> </td> <td>James Graham </td> <td>Oliver Grant </td> <td> </td> <td>Revised and re-released the same year as <i>Bloody Passage</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>35 </td> <td>1975 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eagle_Has_Landed_(novel)" title="The Eagle Has Landed (novel)">The Eagle Has Landed</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liam_Devlin" title="Liam Devlin">Liam Devlin</a> </td> <td>Holt </td> <td>Liam Devlin Book 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>36 </td> <td>1976 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Storm_Warning_(Higgins_novel)" title="Storm Warning (Higgins novel)">Storm Warning</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Paul Gericke </td> <td>Holt </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>37 </td> <td>1977 </td> <td><i>The Valhalla Exchange</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Hamilton Canning </td> <td>Stein and Day </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>38 </td> <td>1978 </td> <td><i>Day of Judgment</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Simon Vaughan </td> <td>Holt </td> <td>Simon Vaughan Book 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>39 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td><i>To Catch a King</i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Schellenberg" title="Walter Schellenberg">Walter Schellenberg</a> </td> <td>Stein and Day </td> <td>The final novel to be published under his own name, and not the Jack Higgins pseudonym. </td></tr> <tr> <td>40 </td> <td>1980 </td> <td><i>Solo</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Asa Morgan </td> <td>Stein and Day </td> <td>Asa Morgan Book 1<br />Revised and re-released the same year as <i>The Cretan Lover</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>41 </td> <td>1981 </td> <td><i>Luciano's Luck</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Harry Carter </td> <td>Stein and Day </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>42 </td> <td>1982 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Touch_the_Devil" title="Touch the Devil">Touch the Devil</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Liam Devlin </td> <td>Stein and Day </td> <td>Liam Devlin Book 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>43 </td> <td>1983 </td> <td><i>Exocet</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Tony Villiers </td> <td>Stein and Day </td> <td>Tony Villiers Book 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>44 </td> <td>1985 </td> <td><i>Confessional</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Liam Devlin </td> <td>Stein and Day </td> <td>Liam Devlin Book 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>45 </td> <td>1986 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Fox_(novel)" title="Night of the Fox (novel)">Night of the Fox</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Harry Martineau </td> <td>Simon & Schuster </td> <td>Dougal Munro and Jack Carter Book 1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>46 </td> <td>1989 </td> <td><i>Memoirs of a Dance Hall Romeo</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Oliver Shaw </td> <td>Simon & Schuster </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>47 </td> <td>1989 </td> <td><i>A Season in Hell</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Tony Villiers </td> <td>Simon & Schuster </td> <td>Tony Villiers Book 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>48 </td> <td>1990 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Harbour_(Book)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold Harbour (Book)">Cold Harbour</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Craig Osbourn </td> <td>Simon & Schuster </td> <td>Dougal Munro and Jack Carter Book 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>49 </td> <td>1990 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eagle_Has_Flown" title="The Eagle Has Flown">The Eagle Has Flown</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Liam Devlin </td> <td>Simon & Schuster </td> <td>Liam Devlin Book 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>50 </td> <td>1992 </td> <td><i>Eye of the Storm</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sean_Dillon_(character)" title="Sean Dillon (character)">Sean Dillon</a> </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 1<br />Revised and re-released in 1996 as <i>Midnight Man</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>51 </td> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Thunder_Point" title="Thunder Point">Thunder Point</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>52 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td><i>On Dangerous Ground</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>53 </td> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Angel_of_Death_(novel)" title="Angel of Death (novel)">Angel of Death</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>54 </td> <td>1995 </td> <td><i>The Morgan Score</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Asa Morgan </td> <td>Excerpt (chapter 7) of "Solo"; Published as a short story in "Great Irish Tales Of Horror" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>55 </td> <td>1996 </td> <td><i>Drink with the Devil</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>56 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_President%27s_Daughter_(Higgins_book)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The President's Daughter (Higgins book) (page does not exist)">The President's Daughter</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>57 </td> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Flight_of_Eagles" title="Flight of Eagles">Flight of Eagles</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Max and Harry Kelso </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Dougal Munro and Jack Carter Book 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>58 </td> <td>1999 </td> <td><i>The White House Connection</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>59 </td> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Day_of_Reckoning_(novel)" title="Day of Reckoning (novel)">Day of Reckoning</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>60 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td><i>Edge of Danger</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>61 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Runner" title="Midnight Runner">Midnight Runner</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>62 </td> <td>2003 </td> <td><i>Bad Company</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>63 </td> <td>2004 </td> <td><i>Dark Justice</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>64 </td> <td>2005 </td> <td><i>Without Mercy</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 13 </td></tr> <tr> <td>65 </td> <td>2006 </td> <td><i>Sure Fire</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>The Chance Twins </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>The Chance Twins Book 1<br />Co-written with Justin Richards </td></tr> <tr> <td>66 </td> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Killing_Ground_(novel)" title="The Killing Ground (novel)">The Killing Ground</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>67 </td> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rough_Justice_(novel)" title="Rough Justice (novel)">Rough Justice</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 15 </td></tr> <tr> <td>68 </td> <td>2008 </td> <td><i>Death Run</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>The Chance Twins </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>The Chance Twins Book 2<br />Co-written with Justin Richards </td></tr> <tr> <td>69 </td> <td>2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Darker_Place" title="A Darker Place">A Darker Place</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>70 </td> <td>2009 </td> <td><i>First Strike</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>The Chance Twins </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>The Chance Twins Book 3<br />Co-written with Justin Richards </td></tr> <tr> <td>71 </td> <td>2009 </td> <td><i>Sharp Shot</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>The Chance Twins </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>The Chance Twins Book 4<br />Co-written with Justin Richards </td></tr> <tr> <td>72 </td> <td>2009 </td> <td><i>The Wolf at the Door</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>73 </td> <td>2010 </td> <td><i>The Judas Gate</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>74 </td> <td>2012 </td> <td><i>A Devil is Waiting</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>75 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td><i>The Death Trade</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 20 </td></tr> <tr> <td>76 </td> <td>2014 </td> <td><i>Rain on the Dead</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>77 </td> <td>2016 </td> <td><i>The Midnight Bell</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Sean Dillon </td> <td>Putnam </td> <td>Sean Dillon Book 22 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Higgins&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="5%">Year </th> <th width="25%">Title </th> <th width="15%">Writing as </th> <th width="15%">Director </th> <th width="15%">Starring </th> <th width="25%" class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Violent_Enemy" title="The Violent Enemy">The Violent Enemy</a></i> </td> <td>Hugh Marlowe </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Sharp" title="Don Sharp">Don Sharp</a> </td> <td>Tom Bell </td> <td>From the novel <i>A Candle for the Dead</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wrath_of_God" title="The Wrath of God">The Wrath of God</a></i> </td> <td>James Graham </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nelson" title="Ralph Nelson">Ralph Nelson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Mitchum" title="Robert Mitchum">Robert Mitchum</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eagle_Has_Landed_(film)" title="The Eagle Has Landed (film)">The Eagle Has Landed</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Sturges" title="John Sturges">John Sturges</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/To_Catch_a_King" title="To Catch a King">To Catch a King</a></i> </td> <td>Harry Patterson </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clive_Donner" title="Clive Donner">Clive Donner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wagner" title="Robert Wagner">Robert Wagner</a> </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Prayer_for_the_Dying" title="A Prayer for the Dying">A Prayer for the Dying</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hodges" title="Mike Hodges">Mike Hodges</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rourke" title="Mickey Rourke">Mickey Rourke</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Confessional_(TV_series)" title="Confessional (TV series)">Confessional</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Flemyng" title="Gordon Flemyng">Gordon Flemyng</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keith_Carradine" title="Keith Carradine">Keith Carradine</a> </td> <td>Television series, 4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Fox" title="Night of the Fox">Night of the Fox</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Jarrott" title="Charles Jarrott">Charles Jarrott</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Peppard" title="George Peppard">George Peppard</a> </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i>On Dangerous Ground</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Gordon_Clark" title="Lawrence Gordon Clark">Lawrence Gordon Clark</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rob_Lowe" title="Rob Lowe">Rob Lowe</a> </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Windsor_Protocol" class="mw-redirect" title="The Windsor Protocol">The Windsor Protocol</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Mihalka" title="George Mihalka">George Mihalka</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_MacLachlan" title="Kyle MacLachlan">Kyle MacLachlan</a> </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i>Midnight Man</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>Lawrence Gordon Clark </td> <td>Rob Lowe </td> <td>Television film, from the novel <i>Eye of the Storm</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i>Thunder Point</i> </td> <td>Jack Higgins </td> <td>George Mihalka </td> <td>Kyle MacLachlan </td> <td>Television film </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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