If you told me the only way to get out of being stabbed in the throat was to get kicked in the groin, I'd take the kick any day of the week. I'd beg for that kick.
The Eagle Has Flown by Jack Higgins, November 1, 1991, Pocket edition, Mass Market Paperback in English
Obviously written to cash in on the success of the 'Landed' book and movie, 'The Eagle Has Flown' gives the impression it was tossed off in a spare afternoon and not even re-read before being bundled off to the publisher. The plot is good and the telling taut and sparse, but I caught myself groaning aloud at quite a few points.