Jack Higgins

The Sicilian Heritage
Night Judgement At Sinos (1970)
The Last Place God Made (1971)
The Savage Day (1972)
A Prayer for the Dying (1973)
Storm Warning (1976)
Solo a. a. k.

The Eagle Has Landed sold over fifty million copies. Patterson found during his military service that he possessed both considerable sharpshooting skills and considerable intelligence (scoring 147 on an army intelligence test). First in Belfast and later in Leeds Patterson proved to be an indifferent student and left school without completing his studies.