Cry of the Hunter

Cry of the Hunter
Jack Higgins

Reissue of the timeless Higgins classic…Martin Fallon was one of the legendary heroes of the Organisation. A fighter in his teens, and a leader north of the border in his twenties. By the age of forty he’d spent nine years in prison, turned to the bottle and almost turned his back on the gun.The trouble is, the war isn’t over. And everyone wants Fallon back…The Ulster Constabulary, who still have a king’s ransom on his head. His own colleagues, who use the dirtiest trick in the book to return their top operator to the front line. And a beautiful woman named Anne Murray: the only confessor to the demons that a terrorist like Fallon will carry to the grave…

Jack Higgins

Cry of the Hunter

Copyright

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 John Long Ltd 1960

Arrow Edition 1979

Penguin Books Edition 1998

CRY OF THE HUNTER. Copyright © Harry Patterson 1960

Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers 2010

Jack Higgins asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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Source ISBN: 9780007234899

Ebook Edition © JULY 2011 ISBN: 9780007290390

Version: 2016-10-12

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

Cry Of The Hunter was first published in the UK by John Long in 1960 and later by Arrow in 1979. It was originally published under the name of Harry Patterson, an author who later became known to millions as Jack Higgins.

This amazing novel has been out of print for some years, and in 2010, it seemed to the author and his publishers that it was a pity to leave such a good story languishing on his shelves. So we are delighted to be able to bring back Cry Of The Hunter for the pleasure of the vast majority of us who never had a chance to read the earlier editions.

Dedication

For Uncle David

Contents

Cover (#ulink_45290b03-a966-55f2-9ed8-7e5500e4f3ae)

Title Page

Publisher’s Note

Dedication

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Fallon awakened suddenly and completely and lay staring blindly into…

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When the milk train pulled into Castlemore, Fallon was sleeping…

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When Fallon reached the meeting place he found Murphy waiting…

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Fallon slept lightly. When he first awakened and checked his…

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It was chilly in the attic and the rain drummed…

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There was a light that came very close and went…

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He drifted up from a deep pit of darkness into…

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Murphy crouched glumly by the tailboard looking back along the…

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