From a New York Times obit by David Stout headlined “Jack Higgins, Author of ‘The Eagle Has Landed,’ Dies at 92”:

Jack Higgins, the author of dozens of best-selling adventure novels, most notably “The Eagle Has Landed,” a hugely popular tale about a band of German commandos who infiltrate Britain to try to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War II, died at his home on the English Channel island of Jersey….

Featuring Irish gunmen, international spies and assassins, smugglers and other colorful protagonists, including gorgeous women, Mr. Higgins’s novels have sold an estimated 250 million copies worldwide.