The Wrath of God

A year after the Revolution, violent unrest still simmers across rural Mexico. Except in Mojada, in the northern foothills of the Sierra Madre, where the country’s most renowned assassin has dispensed with any need for rules.Plenty of men had tried to take Tomas de la Plata. But never a trained killer just a whisper away from death...Emmet Keogh escaped a bitter war in Ireland only to find himself in debt to a beautiful Yaqui woman and caught red-handed on the wrong side of the law. Now he has a choice: To kill the most dangerous man in Mexico – or face death by firing squad...The Wrath of God was made into a classic film starring Robert Mitchum and, in her last film, Rita Hayworth.“Exceptionally readable adventure...smooth writing, life-size characters and plenty of exciting characters” – Sunday Times

Since The Eagle Has Landed--one of the biggest-selling thrillers of all time--every novel Jack Higgins has written has become an international bestseller. He has had simultaneous number-one bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, and many of his books have been made into successful movies, including The Eagle Has Landed, To Catch a King, On Dangerous Ground, Eye of the Storm, and Thunder Point. He has degrees in sociology, social psychology, and economics from the University of London, and a doctorate in media from Leeds Metropolitan University. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an expert scuba diver and marksman, Higgins lives in Jersey on the Channel Islands.