Solo
Famed concert pianist John Mikali leads a double life as a hitman, avenging the deaths of his family in Cyprus. As the British Secret Service and the KGB try to uncover his identity, Mikali plans his final, most daring assassination.
1,191 In the novel "Solo" (1980), Jack Higgins creates a fascinating portrait of John Mikali, a brilliant concert pianist who performs in the most prestigious halls in the world, and at the same time is one of the most deadly hired killers. His motivation is not money but revenge - as a child he survived the massacre in Cyprus in which he lost his entire family.
Mikali is a master of disguise and manipulation, able to eliminate targets in ways that look like accidents. His trademark is to play Chopin's "Marche Funèbre" on the piano after each kill. Years of professional killing have made him cool and methodical, but beneath the surface a rage simmers that threatens to explode.
Asa Ferguson of British intelligence and Colonel Maslovsky of the KGB independently try to identify the mysterious killer. As the net tightens around him, Mikali plans his most ambitious undertaking - an assassination that will shock the world and satisfy his thirst for revenge.
Higgins skillfully weaves the world of high culture with the brutal world of espionage, creating a character who is both a cultivated artist and a ruthless killer. The novel asks whether revenge can ever bring peace to a traumatized soul.
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