A Fine Night for Dying by Jack Higgins

When Special Branch identifies a gangland boss caught in the nets of a fishing boat, his rotting body weighted down with seventy pounds of chain, they suspect the involvement of ruthless cross-Channel people traffickers and hand the case over to British Intelligence.

The last time the Bureau had been called in, their undercover agent Paul Chavasse had ended up in jail. But that was nothing compared to this. This time Chavasse knows his enemy.

As he embarks on what will be one of the most dangerous missions in his extraordinary career, Chavasse infiltrates the operation and soon discovers that these are no small-time smugglers. The perpetrators will stop at nothing to protect their brutal trade. Is this mission too deadly even for Chavasse?

Jack Higgins was a soldier and then a teacher before becoming a full-time writer. The Eagle Has Landed turned him into an international bestselling author and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into fifty-five languages. Many of them have also been made into successful films.

'Open a Jack Higgins novel and you'll encounter a master craftsman at the peak of his powers ... first-rate tales of intrigue, suspense and full-on action.'
Sunday Express

'Higgins is a master of his craft.'
Daily Telegraph

'A thriller writer in a class of his own.'
Financial Times

'The master craftsman of good, clean adventure.'
Daily Mail