Confessional — Jack Higgins

The Russians trained him and planted him deep in the hottest spot in the free world -- Northern Ireland. He had the perfect cover and the perfect plan -- to kill the most beloved man on earth.

Too late the Russians changed their minds. He was out of their control. Desperately the IRA tried to head him off. But he was even better than they at the undercover game. So Tony Villiers of British Intelligence had to do what he most hated. He had to have his Agency beg the help of Liam Devlin, former deadly foe and Irish terrorist, and the only one who could stop the ideal assassin before his victim unknowingly welcomed death with open arms...