Jack Higgins Books

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Henry Patterson is a renowned author who is best known for his pen name, Jack Higgins. Higgins is one of the world’s best-selling authors who specializes in espionage and thriller novels. The author’s breakthrough novel was titled Eagle Has Landed, and it managed to sell more than 50 million copies. The novel, Eagle has Landed, was later on adapted into a film under the same name. Some of the noticeable works by Jack Higgins include, The Eagle Has Flown, Thunder Point, Flight of The Eagles and The Day of Reckoning. All of his novels have managed to sell more than 150 million copies and have also been translated into more than 50 languages. Higgins was born as Henry Patterson in Newcastle upon Tyne. However, a few months after he was born, his father decided to abandon Higgins and his mother and Higgins together with his mother were forced to return to Belfast, which was their hometown.

Order of Martin Fallon Series

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1 Cry of the Hunter (As: Harry Patterson) 1960 Description / Buy
2 A Prayer for the Dying 1973 Description / Buy

Order of Paul Chavasse Series as Martin Fallon

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1 The Bormann Testament / The Testament of Caspar Schultz 1962 Description / Buy
2 Year of the Tiger 1963 Description / Buy
3 The Keys of Hell 1965 Description / Buy
4 Midnight Never Comes 1966 Description / Buy
5 Dark Side of the Street 1967 Description / Buy
6 A Fine Night for Dying 1979 Description / Buy

Order of Nick Miller Series as Harry Patterson

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1 The Graveyard Shift 1965 Description / Buy
2 Brought in Dead 1967 Description / Buy
3 Hell is Always Today 1968 Description / Buy

Order of Simon Vaughn Series as Martin Fallon

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1 Dark Side of the Street 1967 Description / Buy
2 The Savage Day 1972 Description / Buy
3 Day of Judgment 1979 Description / Buy

Order of Liam Devlin Series

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1 The Eagle Has Landed 1975 Description / Buy
2 Touch the Devil 1982 Description / Buy
3 Confessional 1985 Description / Buy
4 The Eagle Has Flown 1991 Description / Buy

Order of Dougal Munro and Jack Carter Series

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1 Night of the Fox 1986 Description / Buy
2 Cold Harbour 1990 Description / Buy
3 Flight of Eagles 1998 Description / Buy

Order of Sean Dillon Series

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1 Eye of the Storm / Midnight Man 1992 Description / Buy
2 Thunder Point 1993 Description / Buy
3 On Dangerous Ground 1994 Description / Buy
4 Angel of Death 1995 Description / Buy
5 Drink with the Devil 1996 Description / Buy
6 The President's Daughter 1997 Description / Buy
7 The White House Connection 1998 Description / Buy
8 Day of Reckoning 2000 Description / Buy
9 Edge of Danger 2001 Description / Buy
10 Midnight Runner 2002 Description / Buy
11 Bad Company 2003 Description / Buy
12 Dark Justice 2004 Description / Buy
13 Without Mercy 2005 Description / Buy
14 The Killing Ground 2008 Description / Buy
15 Rough Justice 2008 Description / Buy
16 A Darker Place 2009 Description / Buy
17 The Wolf at the Door 2009 Description / Buy
18 The Judas Gate 2010 Description / Buy
19 A Devil is Waiting 2012 Description / Buy
20 The Death Trade 2013 Description / Buy
21 Rain on the Dead 2014 Description / Buy
22 The Midnight Bell 2016 Description / Buy

Order of Chance Twins/Rich and Jade Series with Justin Richards

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1 Sure Fire 2007 Description / Buy
2 Death Run 2007 Description / Buy
3 Sharp Shot 2009 Description / Buy
4 First Strike 2009 Description / Buy

Order of Jack Higgins Standalone Novels

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1 Sad Wind from the Sea ( As: Harry Patterson) 1959 Description / Buy
2 The Thousand Faces of Night ( As: Harry Patterson) 1961 Description / Buy
3 Hell Is Too Crowded ( As: Harry Patterson) 1962 Description / Buy
4 Comes the Dark Stranger ( As: Harry Patterson) 1962 Description / Buy
5 Seven Pillars to Hell / Sheba ( As: Hugh Marlowe) 1963 Description / Buy
6 Pay the Devil ( As: Harry Patterson) 1963 Description / Buy
7 The Dark Side of the Island ( As: Harry Patterson) 1963 Description / Buy
8 A Phoenix in the Blood ( As: Harry Patterson) 1964 Description / Buy
9 Wrath of the Lion ( As: Harry Patterson) 1964 Description / Buy
10 Passage by Night ( As: Hugh Marlowe) 1964 Description / Buy
11 Thunder at Noon / Dillinger ( As: Harry Patterson) 1964 Description / Buy
12 The Iron Tiger ( As: Harry Patterson) 1966 Description / Buy
13 A Candle for the Dead / The Violent Enemy ( As: Hugh Marlowe) 1966 Description / Buy
14 East of Desolation 1968 Description / Buy
15 In the Hour Before Midnight / The Sicilian Heritage 1969 Description / Buy
16 A Game for Heroes ( As: James Graham) 1970 Description / Buy
17 Night Judgement at Sinos 1970 Description / Buy
18 The Wrath of God ( As: James Graham) 1971 Description / Buy
19 The Last Place God Made 1971 Description / Buy
20 Toll for the Brave ( As: Harry Patterson) 1971 Description / Buy
21 The Khufra Run ( As: James Graham) 1972 Description / Buy
22 The Run to Morning / Bloody Passage ( As: James Graham) 1974 Description / Buy
23 Storm Warning 1976 Description / Buy
24 The Valhalla Exchange 1976 Description / Buy
25 To Catch a King ( As: Harry Patterson) 1979 Description / Buy
26 Solo / The Cretan Lover 1980 Description / Buy
27 Luciano's Luck 1981 Description / Buy
28 Exocet 1983 Description / Buy
29 A Season in Hell 1988 Description / Buy
30 Memoirs of a Dance-Hall Romeo 1989 Description / Buy

Jack Higgins Anthologies

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1 Northern Frights 2017 Description / Buy
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The author Henry Patterson was born in the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the north-east of England on July 27th 1929. However, shortly after his birth, due to his father leaving the family, Patteron’s mother relocated the family to the Shankhill Road area of Belfast in Northern Ireland to live with with his grandmother and great-grandfather. After several years in Northern Ireland, Patterson’s mother remarried, and the family again relocated, this time to Leeds, in Yorkshire.

After an average time in school, Patterson joined the British Army, serving in the Royal Horse Guards Regiment for two years. While serving in the Army, Patterson realised that he had far more potential than he was showing during his schooling, and went to the London School of Economics to study Sociology, gaining a third, then going on to gain a teaching qualification, after which he became a lecturer at Allerton Grange Secondary School in Leeds.

During his time as a teacher, Patterson began writing novels, and he gained considerable success in a short period of time. Patterson would use many pen names during this time, as well as his own name, including Hugh Marlowe, James Graham and Martin Fallon. He was prolific writing under these names, releasing several books a year, during which time he perfected his writing style that he has become known for in the world of espionage thrillers

His first five books were written under his own name, Sad Wind from the Sea, which was published in 1959, Cry of the Hunter, which was published in 1960, The Thousand Faces of Night, which was published in 1961, Comes the Dark Stranger, which was published in 1962, and then Hell is Too Crowded, which was also published in 1962.

Also in 1962, Patterson wrote his first book under the name Martin Fallon, and it was also the first to feature the iconic character of Paul Chavasse. Patterson would continue to write the Paul Chavasse series under the name Martin Fallon, writing six books in total.

In 1964, Patterson wrote Passage by Night, the first book he published under the pen name of Hugh Marlowe, the name coming from a character he created for The Thousand Faces of Night, his third book.

It wasn’t until 1966 that the first book was published under the name Jack Higgins, which was called The Iron Tiger. He also continued to write under his other pen names, but Jack Higgins was gaining more traction, and more and more books were being published under that name, as well as James Graham.

In the 1970s, Higgins wrote the iconic book The Eagle has Landed, which really cemented his position as one of Britain’s top fiction writers. There would be a couple of books published under Patterson’s own name, as well as Martin Fallon, but in 1980, Jack Higgins became the only name Patterson would use, due to the success of the ’70s. The Sean Dillon series of books would become the most prolific of Higgins’ characters, with Eye of the Storm, the first book in the Sean Dillon series, published in 1992.

As well as being a prolific writer of novels, many of Higgins’ books have been made into films, including The Eagle Has Landed, which starred Donald Sutherland, and A Prayer for the Dying, which starred Mickey Rourke.

Due to the fact that Patterson was raised in the middle of the political and religious violence in Belfast, he was able to read when he was only three years old. During nighttime, Patterson would crouch underneath a window and read books using the street light. It did not take long before his mother remarried once again and they ended up relocating to Leeds. While residing at Leeds, Patterson attended the Grammar School for Boys. Patterson proved to be an exceedingly unique student, and he ended up leaving the Grammar Scholl with several formal qualifications. In the year 1947, Patterson began serving under the National Service. Patterson served twice, first under the East Yorkshire Regiment while the second time with the Royal Horse Guards as a commissioned Officer.

While serving in the military, Patterson discovered that he had extraordinary sharp shooting skills. In the year 1959, Patterson began penning down novels. One of his pen names was James Graham. Due to the sudden popularity of his works, Jack Higgins could afford to take some time away from teaching. I t did not take long before he became a full-time writer. Jack Higgins earliest novels which were either written using his real names or using his pseudonyms of Martin Fallon, Hugh Marlowe, and James Graham were basically thrillers which featured cynical and hardened heroes, dangerous locales and ruthless heroes. Between the year 1959 and the year 1974, Patterson published a total of thirty-five novels which followed his writing routine. Some of his earliest outstanding works include The Savage Day, A Game for Heroes and East of Desolation, which was published in the year 1968.

During the late 1960’s Patterson began using his pen name, Jack Higgins. While studying at the London-School of Economics, Patterson met one Amy Hewett. It did not take long before the two got married after he received a 210-dollar advance on his very first novel. The advance happened to be the biggest wedding present that the couple received. Patterson and Amy were blessed with four children Sarah who was born in the year 1960, Ruth who was born in the year 1962, Sean who was born in the year 1965 and Hannah who was born in the year 1974.

Jack Higgins Awards

Jack Higgins is yet to receive any major literary award.

Jack Higgins Books into Movies

Some of the books by Jack Higgins have been adapted for screenplay include Thunder Point, On Dangerous Ground, Midnight Man and Night of the Fox.

Best Jack Higgins Books

Eye of the Storm: One of the best books by Jack Higgins is Eye of the Storm. In Eye of the Storm, the author introduces the reader to Sean Dillon who is an exceedingly bad man. Sean Dillon is a former IRA gunman, and now, he is hired as an assassin for any intelligence agency or terrorist group that would be able to meet his price tag. In this thriller, the man who has met Dillon’s asking price is Saddam Hussein, who happens to be Iraqi’s dictator. Hussein is more than determined to show both his allies and enemies that he can strike at any time in any country.

Dillon’s main task is to attack the Britain’s war cabinet, during the cabinet’s daily briefing. However, the British Intelligence is aware that Dillon would be conducting the attack. The only problem is the Sean Dillon is a ghost. There are no existing photos of him, and furthermore, no one knows how he looks like. With that said, this is a well-written thriller that will keep you hooked.

Jack Higgins FAQs

Q: What nationality is the author Jack Higgins?

A: Jack Higgins is a British author, born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Q: What is Jack Higgins’ first book?

A: The first book published under the name Jack Higgins was The Iron Tiger. However, the author Harry Patterson, who writes under the name Jack Higgins, had his first novel published in 1959, which was called Sad Wind from the Sea.

Q: What is the real name of Jack Higgins?

A: Jack Higgins is the pen name of the author Harry Patterson.

When Does The Next Jack Higgins book come out?

Jack Higgins doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is The Midnight Bell and was released on December, 27th 2016. It is the newest book in the Sean Dillon Series.

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  1. I am looking for possibly a Higgins book about a detective looking for a former nazi in I think Brazil who is wanted for war crimes. When he visits a grave he always puts a rose on the grave, and has done this before he exiled to Brazil or South America. E
    When the detective would find a clue where the former nazi is hiding when he would get there the person was just killed or died? A couple days later he would visit the. Grave and a rose was laid on it. Finally without doubt he comes upon his location and the former nazi is dead and the funeral is over. The detective visited the grave every day for quite a while and no rose. The detective returned to his home and was satisfied that his search is over. A couple years a family member died maybe his dad and after the burial a day or two later sure enough a rose was on his dads grave? This is from memory possibly 1977

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