Without Mercy: a novel by Jack Higgins

Where is Jack Higgins?, October 16, 2005**


Years ago I would pick up a Jack Higgins novel with anticipation,knowing that I was in for an enjoyable few hours. Now I pick up a Higgins novel hoping against hope that I will see a spark of the old Jack Higgins. Alas, his novels are getting progressively worse. As Jerry Saperstein put it in his review, Higggins has hit bottom in this latest outing.

There's so much wrong with this latest Sean Dillon venture that it's hard to know where to begin. Cardboard characters, juvenile dialogue, inane plotting are just the beginning. It's time to end this Sean Dillon serial. It's become a joke. Higgins is ripping off the public by putting out this stuff milking his earlier success without putting in a honest day's work. The big question is: does he still have in him to produce a decent novel on a par with his earlier work.