A Prayer for the Dying, (Paperback)

from Bridgey

First of all you have to ask yourself what you would like from an action book? Whatever you decide, I'm fairly confident you can find in A Prayer for the Dying. The book starts off with the main character (Martin Fallon) trying to escape the country to make a new start in Australia. We discover t...

from Bridgey

First of all you have to ask yourself what you would like from an action book? Whatever you decide, I'm fairly confident you can find in A Prayer for the Dying. The book starts off with the main character (Martin Fallon) trying to escape the country to make a new start in Australia. We discover t...

from gmmartz

I doubt I can contribute any insight into this fine novel beyond the thousands of reviews already out there. I read a few of Higgins' books ages ago, hadn't taken one up in decades, but saw 'A Prayer for the Dying' listed somewhere as being an underappreciated gem so I thought I'd seek it out. I'...

from ABVR

Jack Higgins was, in the late sixties and early seventies, a journeyman writer of paperback-original thrillers about hard men in dangerous situations. He learned his craft in these books, and the later ones -- including "A Prayer for the Dying," which first appeared in 1973 -- are as good as anyt...

from Bridgey

First of all you have to ask yourself what you would like from an action book? Whatever you decide, I'm fairly confident you can find in A Prayer for the Dying. The book starts off with the main character (Martin Fallon) trying to escape the country to make a new start in Australia. We discover t...