Rain on the Dead

Rain on the Dead
Jack Higgins

A storm is coming for Sean Dillon & company in the mesmerizing new thriller of murder, terrorism and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author.It begins with the attempted assassination of the ex-President of the United States.Only the presence of Sean Dillon and the fellow members of the ‘Prime Minister’s Private Army’ prevents it becoming a bloodbath. Soon they are on the trail of the perpetrators, confident they will catch them.What Dillon & Co don’t realize is that they have just sprung a trap that will lead them to almost certain death.For there is a new Master pulling the strings for al Qaeda in London, and this time he’s going to make sure the hated enemy is destroyed once and for all.A storm is coming for Sean Dillon…

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Source ISBN: 9780007585847

Ebook Edition © December 2014 ISBN: 9780007585854

Version: 2014-12-02

Dedication (#u716228c6-7378-52df-a43c-835920399ae5)

In fond memory of my dear mother-in-law,

Sarah Palmer

Rain on the dead

and

wash away their sins

–IRISH PROVERB

Contents

Cover (#u92eda5c1-005e-5833-a395-4f2b9546ff23)

Title Page (#u8b1ed38f-b063-575a-8292-20254ef0e869)

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph (#u18465728-ce00-5ee1-8a40-f188547f01fa)

Nantucket

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

New York, London, Ireland

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Washington, Paris, London

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

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