A Darker Place (Sean Dillon #16)

A Darker Place by Jack Higgins is the 16th book in the Sean Dillon series.

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After earlier battles between General Ferguson's British

Intelligence group and Russia's GRU and Colonel Luzhkov, Luzhkov and President Putin would like to even up the score. To get inside of Ferguson's group, the Luzhkov blackmails a well-known Russian author.

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Alexander Kurbsky pretends to defect from the Russian Federation, taken in by Ferguson's group. But is he playing along with his leaders or is he really defecting?

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Higgins' continued Dillon series has covered a lot of ground since the first book when Dillon was planning the bombing of 10 Downing Street. This installment has Dillon in the background and letting other members of the team show off their skills.

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Higgins, Jack. (2009). A Darker Place. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.