The Killing Ground is a 2007 novel written by British writer

Jack Higgins Henry Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1975) sold more t ...

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'' asked, "Can any other thrillmeister equal the Higgins corpse-per-page count?" ''

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'' said, "The proceedings are complicated; it helps if the reader is a veteran of this long-running series. But it's all pure Higgins: almost every shot hits square between the eyes, and all the characters are hard lads indeed." David Pitt in his review for ''

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'' said that "the plot seems a bit forced" and that "there is nothing wrong with the novel, but there is nothing especially right about it".

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2007 British novels Novels by Jack Higgins HarperCollins books {{2000s-thriller-novel-stub