A Fine Night for Dying

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Title A Fine Night for Dying
Author Jack Higgins (originally Martin J Fallon)
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Spy novel
Publisher John Long
Released August, 1969
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages 184 pp (hardcover edition))
183 pp (paperback edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-09-098270-3 (hardcover edition)
ISBN ? (paperback edition)

A Fine Night for Dying is a 1969 novel by Jack Higgins originally published under the pseudonyms Martin J Fallon). Set on the high seas, it is a new adventure for super-spy Paul Chavasse.

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The nets of a local fishing boat drag out a body from the waters of the English Channel . After being weighted down by chain for weeks, there was little left of the gangster Harvey Preston. What was left was stomach churning for Paul Chavasse.