Jack Higgins is one of my favourite writers. Straightforward stories, good characters and plenty of action have entertained me since I started reading his work at the age of twelve. I've enjoyed all of his books. His writing is always good and his plots fun. One thing I liked was that in his wartime stories the German's were not portrayed as stereotypical villains but as real people with many German characters being the heroes of those books. There are too many books to do individual reviews so this is an overview of Higgins. One thing to note is Higgins wrote under several pseudonyms throughout his career. Many years later his back catalogue was reprinted under the Higgins name. Now the various books written under different names were unlikely to be read by the same people so Higgins uses plots from one book written as one author in another written under a different name. One book for instance is compiled from two others into a new book. All three published under different names. It's only when they are published under a single name this reuse becomes noticeable. Personally I don't mind. I like his books and he's perfectly entitled to reuse elements. The final series he wrote/writes is the Sean Dillon series. This series sees a lot of familiar scenes and plot points cropping up. In fact it's fair to say he essentially wrote the same novel for the last 20 odd years! I did find he seemed to be reinvigorated at one point by co-writing a short series of teen novels and then by introducing some new characters into the Dillon series, but the plot beats remained the same. Again I don't mind. Higgins is in his 90's now and the Dillon series became more familiar with the books that were written in his seventies and eighties. I know other authors of that age who write to a formula so I don't criticise him for it as I still enjoy the books. I've enjoyed so many of his books over the years. They are just good, solid entertainment and never fail to cheer me up.