Higgins is back and back with all his skills and tricks. The grandmaster of adventure and suspense this time tells an amazing story – the story of the American President and his daughter whom he cannot publicly acknowledge as his daughter. The novel begins in 1969 in Vietnam, where an American army officer saves a French woman’s life. She thinks that her husband is dead and falls in love with the American – Jake Cazalet. But very soon their love life is terminated when the news that her husband is alive arrives. Back in France, she gives birth to Cazalet’s daughter, the result of their brief but sweet days in love. But Cazalet is not aware of all these happenings and is on his way up in the political ladder and has a good chance of winning the top post.

Advance to 1997, Cazalet is the President of the U.S. The French woman dies, but before she died she had told Cazalet about his daughter. Soon thing turns violent. The President’s daughter is kidnapped and will be killed if the president doesn’t comply with the kidnappers’ demands; he has 10 days to decide. All the usual characters including the irresistible Sean Dillion is in the book. The book is full of action, drama, suspense and a delightful read.

Book Details:

• Author(s): Jack Higgins
• Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd.
• Year: 1997
• ISBN: 0399142398
• Cover & Page Count: Hardcover, 320 pages

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