The Keys of Hell

By Jack Higgins

Book Overview

Super-spy Paul Chavasse - one of Jack Higgins's most extraordinary heroes - embarks on a mission to Albania, only to find himself at the centre of a deadly double-cross, fighting for his life.

It's a trip that agent Paul Chavasse will never forget. His destination: the isolated republic of Albania on the Adriatic coast, at a time when the regime is at its most repressive and the people live in daily fear of the ruthless secret police. His job: to find a double agent whose cover has been blown and put him out of commission, permanently. But what Chavasse doesn't know is that deep within the twisting channels of the perilous coastal marshes, someone has set a trap for him - someone who holds the keys of hell.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0006514677
• ISBN13: 9780006514671
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.4" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Features super-spy Paul Chevasse on a high-risk mission

The Keys Of Hell is an unabridged, action-packed audiobook thriller by Jack Higgins and features super-spy Paul Chevasse on a high-risk mission to find and take out a double agent in the isolated republic of Albania. But someone has set a deadly trap for him - someone who holds the "keys of hell" - and completing his mission will take far more than a cool head and cold blood. Skillfully narrated by twenty-year career British theater and radio play actor Christian Rodska, The Keys Of Hell is an tale so engrossing that listening to it makes time fly -- and leads to an eager expectation of the next New Millennium Audio edition of a Jack Higgins thriller. 4 hours, 4 cassettes.

The master is back.

Another tour de force to be reckoned with. A first rate thriller by the author of The Eagle Has Landed.

Exciting

At First, I didn't think I would like this book. But I kept an open mind . This book had the best plot twists I have ever read in a Jack Higgins novel in a long time. Chavesse is no Sean Dillion but is a close second. Take time explore this book you won't be sorry.

Good, not great

Jack Higgins has certainly given us another of his high-powered action thrillers. The pace is so quick, the plot twists like a snake, the writing is taut and to the point. All good things. However, even though the characters are likeable, they are not parituclarly developed. That, I feel, is often Higgins's letdown. He gets so wrapped up in the action that he forgets to give his characters deep personalities. Instead, we just see snapshots of people who, really, could be any hero from any thriller novel. All he really does is gives his characters names and then inserts those names into the story. The characters are just there to keep the plot moving along. The problem is that practically all the people in this novel are interchangeable with those of another. For example, Chevasse shares almost exactly the same personality traits as Sean Dillon. As does Liri, who is Jack Higgins's typical lead woman. they are all the same, in all his novels. Their names and pasts just change. That said, this is still a very good book. The pace never lets up, it's a pageturner and it's quick. If you like a good action thriller and don't particulalry mind about characters, then this is the book for you. (Even if the margins on the English edition are ridiculously big.)

Higgins never disapoints

A truly great espionage thriller by the New York times' best selling author. Mr. Higgins is in top form. He never disapoints and this new thriller shows you how he keeps you guessing until the end.