Confessional

In Jack Higgins' pulse-pounding thriller, "Confessional," the fragile balance of international politics is shattered by the emergence of a highly dangerous rogue operative. Ferguson, a disillusioned and highly skilled IRA assassin, trained by the KGB, has a singular, chilling objective: to assassinate Pope John Paul II during a historic visit to England. This audacious plot ignites a frantic, multi-agency manhunt. The IRA, furious at the rogue act that threatens their own political standing, joins the ruthless KGB and the cunning British Secret Service in a desperate race to track Ferguson down. Each entity has its own motives for wanting him stopped – or silenced permanently. However, it is the enigmatic and resourceful Liam Devlin, a character celebrated from Higgins' previous works, who may be the only one capable of outmaneuvering Ferguson. Navigating a treacherous landscape of double-crosses, shifting loyalties, and brutal violence, Devlin must race against the clock to prevent a global catastrophe. Higgins delivers a quintessential Cold War thriller, packed with relentless action, moral ambiguities, and a tension that ratchets up to an explosive climax.