Thunder Point
First edition (UK)
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| Author | Jack Higgins |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller novel |
| Publisher |
Michael Joseph (UK) Putnam (US) |
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Publication date
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1993 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 308 |
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Thunder Point is a novel in the Sean Dillon series by Jack Higgins, published in 1993.
"1945. The day before Hitler commits suicide, he arranges for Nazi leader Martin Bormann to flee to South America in a German U-boat."
"1992. Terrorist Sean Dillon is saved from a Yugoslav firing squad - if he agrees to help the British government retrieve the long-lost documents of Martin Bormann. The wreck of Bormann's U-boat has been discovered in the Caribbean, along with a secret list of Nazi sympathizers. The names include high-level citizens from the U.S. and Great Britain - and may implicate the Duke of Windsor himself. The evidence lies in a watertight briefcase on the bottom of the sea. And the desperate search to find it will send shock-waves across the world..."
Amateur diver Henry Baker goes diving in the Caribbean. He finds the wreck of a German submarine. When he goes inside he finds a briefcase which he takes back home with him. On his way home he meets his friend diver Bob Carney and lies to him about where he's been. When he opens the briefcase he finds a list of documents in German. His inability to read German frustrates him but one name leaps out at him: Martin Bormann. The dates on the diary appear strange to Baker as they seem to indicate that the submarine sailed after the war was over.
His next move is to go to England to see his friend, German speaker and Navy man Garth Travers. Travers translates the documents and can't believe what he's found. He discovers about Nazi sympathizers in the UK and America. The diary reveals that there is another case with the names still in the submarine. He gets in touch with an old friend of his, Brigadier Charles Ferguson who works for a special group for the Prime minister. The Prime minister asks them to come to his office and invites two other men Simon Carter and Sir Francis Pamer. After their meeting with the Prime Minister they decide to meet with Baker but Baker gets knocked down by a bus.
Pamer discovers from his mother that his father had connection with fascists in the war. Pamer gets in touch with his Cuban friend Max Santiago for advice. Two men working for Santiago in London break into Travers house. Fortunately the diary is not there because Ferguson has taken it. The men plant a bug on the phone before they leave. Travers housewoman comes home and finds the place in a mess. Travers contacts Ferguson. Ferguson is suspicious and asks his assistant inspector Jack lane to contact the bugging team and check for bugs in the house.
Travers goes to the airport and picks up Jenny Grant, Bakers friend. They meet with Ferguson and she tells him what she knows but reveals that she doesn't know the location of the submarine. Ferguson contacts Carter and Pamer and tells them what he knows. Pamer reveals this to Santiago and he promises to have the girl taken care of.
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