{"product_id":"the-midnight-bell-9780399185328","title":"The Midnight Bell","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003cb\u003e\"the dean of intrigue novelists\" (\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e comes a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling novel of terrorism and revenge featuring IRA-hitman-turned-intelligence-operative Sean Dillon...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe bell rings at midnight, as death requires it.\"\u003c\/i\u003e--Irish proverb \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Ulster, Northern Ireland, a petty criminal kills a woman in a drunken car crash. Her sons swear revenge. In London, Sean Dillon and his colleagues in the \"Prime Minister's private army,\" fresh from defeating a deadly al-Qaeda operation, receive a warning: You may think you have weakened us, but you have only made us stronger. In Washington, D.C., a special projects director with the CIA, frustrated at not getting permission from the President for his daring anti-terrorism plan, decides to put it in motion anyway. He knows he's right--the nation will thank him later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon, the ripples from these events will meet and overlap, creating havoc in their wake. Desperate men will act, secrets will be revealed--and the midnight bell will toll.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Higgins\u003c\/b\u003e lives on Jersey in the Channel Islands. The author of dozens of bestsellers, most famously \u003ci\u003eThe Eagle Has Landed\u003c\/i\u003e, he served three years with the Royal Horse Guards in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, and subsequently was a circus roustabout, a factory worker, a truck driver, and a laborer before entering college at age 27. He holds degrees in sociology, social psychology, and economics, and a doctorate in media. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, he is an expert scuba diver and marksman.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872608817426,"sku":"9780399185328","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_57ef09d1-3d0d-4248-9aa4-deccf97da9a6.jpg?v=1737902855","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-midnight-bell-9780399185328","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}