Jack Higgins' Midnight Man (1998)
When British intelligence learns a strike is being planned against the highest levels of the government, ex-terrorist Dillon is coerced out of early retirement - only to discover his adversary is an old friend and former IRA colleague, John Engle. Pitted against Engel and a lethal list of… More
When British intelligence learns a strike is being planned against the highest levels of the government, ex-terrorist Dillon is coerced out of early retirement - only to discover his adversary is an old friend and former IRA colleague, John Engle. Pitted against Engel and a lethal list of co-conspirators ranging from militant fanatics to rogue Russian operatives, Dillon becomes the sole force capable of stopping the murderous hit - and preventing the downfall of England itself.