Jack Higgins: Year of the Tiger (UK 2013)

From the Publisher:
In 1959, British agents masterminded the escape of the Dalai Lama from Tibet. Three years later, Paul Chavasse is doing it all over again...
A vitally important scientist, holding intelligence that could shift the balance of world power, is being held in China.

British secret agent Paul Chavasse, responsible for extracting the Dalai Lama from under Chinese noses, is the perfect man to slip through the border, locate the scientist and bring him back to the West.

But Chavasse's nerve, stamina and loyalties will all be tested as he finds the Chinese are reluctant to let their asset go without a fight...

Jack Higgins: Year of the Tiger. HarperCollins, ISBN: 9780007349340 (January, 2013), 259 p., £7.99.

Jack Higgins: Year of the Tiger (USA 1996)

From the Publisher:
The ew York Times bestselling author returns with another action-packed adventure. In 1962, a brilliant scientist becomes the key to the superpower space race--and the object of a worldwide manhunt. A maelstrom of Cold War intrigue and espionage, The Year of the Tiger is Higgins at his best.

Jack Higgins: Year of the Tiger. Berkley Publishing Group, ISBN: 042515517X (October, 1996), 278 p., $7.99.