Angel of Death Higgins, Jack

A British agent is pulled into a deadly game where the Cold War's old rules no longer apply. Jack Higgins delivers a taut espionage thriller centered on a former IRA operative turned assassin — a woman known only as the Angel of Death. When she resurfaces with a vendetta that could ignite an international crisis, British Intelligence scrambles to stop her before she crosses a line that can't be uncrossed. Higgins writes with the pacing of a precision strike: lean prose, sudden violence, and characters who operate in moral shadows. If you're after spy fiction that moves fast and hits hard — the kind where loyalty is currency and betrayal is always one handshake away — this delivers. For fans of Forsyth, Le Carré's grimmer work, or anyone who likes their thrillers ice-cold and relentless.