Book Review: Day of Reckoning

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Day of Reckoning     Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Jack Higgins
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Thriller   Psychological Suspense
Putnam, Feb 2000, $25.95, 304 pp.

Don Marco Salazzo is the CEO of the Mafia. His organization conducts business in gambling and prostitution as well as many legal enterprises. His nephew Jack Fox manages those companies that are above board. On the surface Jack seems like the All-American success story, but that serves as a façade for his international criminal activities that the Family would never sanction.

Reporter Katherine Johnson has gathered information that will expose Jack as a brilliant psychopathic criminal, but he knows she is closing in on him. He orders a hit that successfully kills Katherine. However, Katherine’s former husband, Blake Johnson, heads a top secret White House agency, The Basement. He obtains Katherine’s tape that explains what she learned. Blake vows vengeance by tearing apart the empire until the emperor is left naked. However, Jack’s connections warn him that Blake is coming for him.

Jack Higgins’ latest action-packed thriller triumphantly blends Puzo with Clancy. The excellent cast and mouse story line stars two powerful individuals working outside the law towards an inevitable collision. Though Blake and Jack follow the same path, Mr. Higgins leaves no doubt of who the hero is and who the villain is. Genre fans will gain much pleasure from DAY OF RECKONING.

Harriet Klausner

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