Former RAF pilot and investigative journalist Frederick Forsyth defined the modern thriller when he wrote The Day of the Jackal, described by Lee Child as ‘the book that broke the mould’, with its lightning-paced storytelling, effortlessly cool reality and unique insider information. After that, he wrote thirteen novels which became bestsellers around the world: The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, The Devil’s Alternative, The Fourth Protocol, The Negotiator, The Deceiver, The Fist of God, Icon, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra, The Kill List and The Fox. He also published his memoirs in The Outsider. Frederick Forsyth died in June 2025.

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Someone is hell-bent on bringing down SIS, and one Intelligence Officer is all that stands in their way. One of the most celebrated thrillers from the global phenomenon Frederick Forsyth. 
 
SIS is under attack and time is running out… 
 
Sam McCready is The Deceiver, one of the Secret Intelligence Service’s most unorthodox and most valued operatives, a legend in his own time. 
 
But someone wants to push him out, and they’re willing to expose every secret from his past. Sam has one chance to escape the trap: it’s risky, confrontational, and it might cost him his life. 
 
As he sets his plan in motion, he begins to realise that his opponent is trying to destabilize SIS. Who wants to get rid of him, and why? And what happens if he refuses to go quietly?***Praise for Frederick Forsyth***'In a class by itself. Unputdownable.' Sunday Times 
 
'Forsyth did away with the conventions of thriller-writing and still kept readers enthralled. He reset the whole genre.' Guardian 
 
'Meticulously researched' BBC 
 
''Forsyth...personified the journalist-author as superstar.' Telegraph 
 
'Forsyth never lets you down. Always well researched, always gripping.' FIVE-STAR Reader Review 
 
'Forsyth is the best storyteller . . . you feel that he is letting you in on secrets and that you are really there where the action is.' FIVE-STAR Reader Review 
 
'Superb story and so topical. Once again Fredrick Forsyth demonstrates his mastery of suspense and mystery.' FIVE-STAR Reader Review 
 
***Don't miss Revenge of Odessa, the new book from Frederick Forsyth and Tony Kent***

The Deceiver

An explosive espionage thriller from the master storyteller

A chilling story of modern terrorism from the master of international intrigue. 
 
When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they are primed for action - but what can they do? They know nothing about the attack: the what, where or when. They have no sources in Al Qaeda, and it's impossible to plant someone. Impossible, unless . . . 
 
The Afghan is Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a 25-year veteran of war zones around the world, a dark, lean man born and raised in Iraq. In an attempt to stave off disaster, the intelligence agencies will try to do what no one has ever done before - pass off a Westerner as an Arab among Arabs - pass off Martin as the trusted Khan. 
 
It will require extraordinary preparation, and then extraordinary luck, for nothing can truly prepare Martin for the dark and shifting world he is about to enter. Or for the terrible things he will find there . . . 
 
The Day of the Jackal, The Dogs of War, The Odessa File - the books of Frederick Forsyth have helped define the international thriller as we know it today. Combining meticulous research with crisp narratives and plots as current as the headlines, Forsyth shows us the world as it is, in a way that few have ever been able to equal. 
 
And the world as it is today is a very scary place . . . 
 ***Praise for Frederick Forsyth***'In a class by itself. Unputdownable.' Sunday Times 'Forsyth did away with the conventions of thriller-writing and still kept readers enthralled. He reset the whole genre.' Guardian'Meticulously researched' BBC''Forsyth...personified the journalist-author as superstar.' Telegraph ***Don't miss Revenge of Odessa, the new book from Frederick Forsyth and Tony Kent***

The Afghan

The global bestseller from the master of thriller writing

Deception, blackmail, murder, revenge - these are the themes of stories that move from London to the coast of Spain, from Mauritius to Dublin to Dordogne. Whether his subject is assassination by stealth, the cruel confidence trick or the cold shock of coincidence, Frederick Forsyth is never less than compulsive, the detail always authentic. 
 
Ten stories with the master's touch - a brilliantly readable first collection by an incomparable craftsman of suspense.

No Comebacks

The kidnapping of a young man on a country road in Oxfordshire is but the first brutal step in a ruthless plan to force the President of the United States out of office. If it succeeds, he will be psychologically and emotionally destroyed. Only one man can stop it - Quinn, the world's foremost Negotiator, who must bargain for the life of an innocent man, unaware that ransom was never the kidnapper's real objective . . . 
 
The Negotiator unfolds with the spellbinding excitement, unceasing surprise and riveting detail that are the hallmarks of Frederick Forsyth, the master storyteller.

The Negotiator

From the bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal

PREPARE FOR TAKE-OFF ON THE FLIGHT OF A LIFETIME! 
 
Frederick Forsyth, himself author of The Shepherd, one of the greatest flying stories of the century, has selected a magnificent collection of fictional tales by some truly distinguished talents. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Roald Dahl and Edgar Allen Poe are among the unexpected writers in this thrilling anthology. 
 
Others - H.E.Bates, Len Deighton, Captain W.E.Johns, H.G.Wells and J.G.Ballard - have, more predictably, penned timeless stories of the air. There is science fiction too, mystery, horror, even detective fiction, in this, the ultimate flying collection.

Great Flying Stories

The international bestselling political thriller from the author of The Day of the Jackal, now a Sky TV series with Eddie Redmayne 
 
'Packs a punch... impossible to put down' Daily Mail 
'The plot is as taut and lean as ever' Daily Express 
'The master of the political thriller strikes again' Kirkus 
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THE KILL LIST 
The names of those men and women who would threaten the world's security - held above top secret at the highest level of the US government. 
 
THE PREACHER 
At the top of it, a radical Islamic cleric whose sermons inspire his followers to kill Western targets. As the bodies begin to pile up in America, Great Britain and across Europe, the message goes out: discover this man's identity, locate him and take him out. 
 
THE TRACKER 
Ex-US marine, now one of America's most effective terrorist hunters, with an impossible job. Aided only by a brilliant teenaged hacker, he must throw out the bait and see whether his deadly target can be drawn from his lair... 
 
Readers love The Kill List: 
 
'Totally unputdownable! ***** Reader review 
 
‘Frederick Forsyth books always hit the spot. One of the greats.’ ***** Reader review 
 
‘[An] action-packed page-turner' ***** Reader review 
 
‘Another great read from the master storyteller’ ***** Reader review 
 
‘This book is up there with his best, meticulously researched, well- plotted...and the story doesn't lose impetus all the way through.’ ***** Reader review 
 ***Don't miss Revenge of Odessa, the new book from Frederick Forsyth and Tony Kent***

The Kill List

The No. 1 bestseller 
 
'Forsyth has lost none of his storytelling finesse and geopolitical grasp . . . this is Forsyth at his spellbinding best' Daily Mail 
 
'An ingenious, expertly written and serious look at international conflicts which threaten the future of the world' Washington Post 
 
Most weapons do what you tell them. Most weapons you can control. 
 
But what if the most dangerous weapon in the world isn't a smart missile or a stealth submarine or even an AI computer programme?What if it's a 17-year-old boy with a blisteringly brilliant mind, who can run rings around the most sophisticated security services across the globe, who can manipulate that weaponry and turn it against the superpowers themselves? How valuable would he be? And what wouldn't you do to get hold of him? 
 
The Fox is a race-against-time thriller across continents to find and capture, or protect and save, an asset with the means to change the balance of world power. Whatever happens he must not fall into the wrong hands. Because what follows after that is unthinkable...

The Fox

It was 1882 when Antoinette Giry, Maitresse du Corps de Ballet at the Paris Opera House, took her small daughter to the funfair at Neuilly. And there, in a cage, she saw a filthy manacled creature whose tormented eyes shone from a grotesquely deformed face. It was Antoinette Giry who saved him, freed him, cured his wounds and finally let him find a dwelling place in the labyrinthine depths of the Opera House. The creature - Erik - whose hideous face hid a brilliant brain of near-genius, was to become the Phantom of the Opera - magician, artists, musician, and lover. When he tried to lure the object of his adoration to his underground domain - it was to end in tragedy. 
 
It was Madame Giry who saved him once more, set him on a ship to the New World - and there Erik Muhlheim began a new and secret life, a life that began in misery and poverty but in which his incredible skills finally carved out an unexpected kingdom of power. And there it was he learned again of Christine, whose life had changed dramatically since that night in the Paris Opera House. 
 
Inevitably, their paths must cross again in the old sequence of tragedy and triumph. 
 
The Phantom, one of the most mysterious and romantic figures ever created, soars again in a world of his own making. Frederick Forsyth's magnificent and evocative story adds a new dimension to the legend of the Phantom.

Phantom Of Manhattan

** NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE ** 
 
'As gripping now as it was 50 years ago' THE TIMES 
'Masterful suspense . . . The Day of the Jackal changed the shape of popular fiction from the moment it was finished' BEN MACINTYRE 
'In a class by itself. Unputdownable' SUNDAY TIMES 
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One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the exhilarating story of the struggle to catch a killer before it's too late. 
 
1963. An anonymous Englishman is hired by the Operations Chief of French terrorist organisation O.A.S. to murder the French president, General Charles de Gaulle. A failed attempt in the previous year means the target will be nearly impossible to reach. 
 
Only one man could do the job: an assassin of legendary talent known only as The Jackal. 
 
This remorseless and deadly killer must be stopped. But he is a man without a name, without an identity; a lethal spectre. 
 
How can you stop an assassin nobody can identify? The task falls to the best detective in France - and the price of failure is unthinkable . . . 
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Readers can't stop reading The Day of the Jackal . . . 
 
'I loved, loved, loved this book which is in a category that I don't usually read.' 5-star reader review 
 
'A very remarkable and memorable thriller – while the other novels of this sort are usually forgotten too soon this book has stuck in my head for good.' 5-star reader review 
 
'This book is one of the best books in its genre. Haven't found a book which can be at par with The Day of the Jackal.' 5-star reader review 
 
 'This is, without question, the best thriller I have ever read.' 5-star reader review 
 
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More love for The Day of the Jackal . . . 
 
'Very clever and immensely entertaining' DAILY TELEGRAPH 
'A perfect example of the adventure story . . . well written, entirely believable, with this intriguing, enigmatic character at its centre' ROBERT HARRIS 
'A year-zero, game-changing thriller, one of the most significant of all time' LEE CHILD 
'Wonderful and way ahead of its time' JAMES PATTERSON 
'An extraordinary book' NICK ROBINSON, BBC RADIO 4 TODAY PROGRAMME 
'A masterpiece' MARCUS SCRIVEN, MAIL ON SUNDAY 
'I was spellbound . . . riveted by this chilling story' GUARDIAN

The Day of the Jackal

Can you forgive the past? 
 
It's 1963 and a young German reporter has been assigned the suicide of a holocaust survivor. The news story seems straighforward, this is a tragic insight into one man's suffering. But a long hidden secret is discovered in the pages of the dead man's diary. 
 
What follows is life-and-death hunt for a notorious former concentration camp-commander, a man responsible for the deaths of thousands, a man as yet unpunished.

The Odessa File

Christmas Eve, 1957. 
 
For one Royal Air Force pilot, one last hurdle remains between himself and a cozy Christmas morning in England. A sixty-six-minute flight in his Vampire fighter plane from Germany to Lakenheath. 
 
A routine flight plan and a full tank of fuel. What could go wrong? 
 
But as the fog begins to close in, the compass goes haywire and the radio dies, leaving him in silence, lost and alone up in the inky black sky. 
 
All hope seems lost as he accepts his fate when, out of nowhere, a vintage fighter-bomber appears and is miraculously trying to make contact. 
 
For one lonely pilot this is a miracle, but really the mystery has just begun ... 
 
'A cunningle wrought tale' Financial Times 
'A stirring and beautiful story' The Times

The Shepherd

The thrilling number one bestseller from the master of storytelling

SOLDIER 
Years ago, Cal Dexter was a Vietnam tunnel rat recruited to ferret out the enemy. Today, he's hired to pursue a new target – a dangerous, violent man, responsible for murdering an innocent aid worker. Dexter wants revenge, and he never misses his mark. 
 
VIGILANTE 
But the beast Dexter's hunting is Zilic, a Serbian warlord who is cocooned in a fortified South American compound with the best security money can buy. And it isn't long before Dexter's personal mission explodes into a drama on the centre stage of world terrorism. 
 
AVENGER 
As he draws a net around the killer, Dexter is led into a lethal trap. Then the CIA pick up his trail - and they will do anything to stop him, before his quest throws the world into chaos...

Avenger

During those fateful weeks before Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, a fragment of radio intercept had referred to Qubth-ut-Allah, a devastating secret weapon that could rain death and destruction on the Allied forces. 
 
Despite Allied scepticism, Major Mike Martin, an SAS man who can pass as an Arab, is sent into Kuwait to assess Iraqi strength and help the resistance. What he discovers there takes him into the heart of Baghdad, where he is to 'run' the Iraqi spy known as Jericho, the sleeper who might be prepared to provide vital information for money. It is a highly dangerous operation, the results of which cause the Allies to delay their ground assault for four days - while Martin parachutes into the Iraqi mountains on the most hazardous mission of his life: to find and destory Qubth-ut-Allah - the Fist of God.

Fist Of God

**The chilling thriller from an international bestselling phenomenon.** 
 
'A triumph of plot, construction and research' THE TIMES 
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Plan Aurora, hatched in a remote dacha in the forest outside Moscow and initiated with relentless brilliance and skill, is a plan within a plan that, in its spine-chilling ingenuity, breaches the ultra-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. 
 
A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a jigsaw of devastation. MI5 investigator John Preston, working against the most urgent of deadlines, leads an operation to prevent the act of murderous destruction aimed at tumbling Britain into revolution... 
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Readers love The Fourth Protocol ... 
 
***** 'One of the best spy books around.' 
***** 'The Fourth Protocol is my favourite spy novel of all time.' 
***** 'Trust a master story teller to write an epic!' 
***** 'I have probably read this book cover-to-cover a dozen times, and have read selected chapters many more.' 
***** 'Have read this book several time but a re-visit every so often seems to be inevitable and worth my time.'

The Fourth Protocol

An astonishing discovery is made in the remote African republic of Zangaro, one which could change the course of a nation's history forever. But such a discovery cannot be kept secret for long and Sir James Manson will stop at nothing to protect this find. A ruthless and bloody-minded tycoon, Manson immediately hires an army of mercenaries and with this deadly crew behind him he sets out to topple the government and replace its dictator with a puppet president. 
 
But news of the discovery has reached Russia - and suddenly Manson finds he no longer makes the rules in this power game. A game in which win or lose means life or death.

The Dogs Of War

'Whichever option I choose, men are going to die.' 
 
When the entire Soviet Union wheat crop is destroyed by a devastating string of failures, the population faces starvation. The USA is quick to offer assistance. They devise a plan to trade vital food resources with the Russians in exchange for sensitive political information. But the Politburo has other ideas: the invasion of Western Europe to commandeer the food for themselves... 
 
As the paths of communication breakdown, the American president and leaders from around the world face an appalling choice: should they allow the loss of thousands to save the lives of many more? 
 
This is the Devil's Alternative, and in this incomparable and gripping thriller the Cold War giants must fight a battle to the death.

The Devil's Alternative

'One of his best works for a long time' Sunday Times 
'Another strong performance by a writer who know exactly what he's about' Publisher's Weekly 
'A cunningly constructed action thriller . . . the story is terrifying and timely and grips you to the end' Daily Telegraph 
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From the world-renowned, bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal and The Fox 
 
It is 1999 and Russia is on the edge of total implosion. 
 
Social and moral order has collapsed. The only rule is imposed by mafia-like criminal gangs. And a visionary patriot whose voice rises above it all: Igor Komarov. 
 
It is in to this world that former CIA agent Jason Monk is plunged. Drawn out of retirement by the CIA's desperate bid to halt Komarov's meteoric rise, he must slip back in to Russia undetected and carry out a covert mission that the world depends on. With Komarov set to win the next election, Monk discovers a secret document that is smuggled in to the British Embassy in Moscow. Named The Black Manifesto, it reveals Komarov's horrifying and deadly secret agenda. 
 
With many Western leaders persuaded that Komraov can lead his country into a new age, and the election looming, time is running out. . .

Icon

A collection of five heart-stopping stories from the master thriller writer. 
 
A miracle in war-torn Siena that begins with the persecution of a young nun in the turbulent days of the sixteenth century and culminates in the bitter German retreat from Italy; a drug smuggling heist on an international flight where the Knock pit their wits against the smugglers; a brural urban murder, where a brilliant QC decides to defend the killers, resulting in a startling justice; an incandescent art scam at a famous London auction house, and a brilliantly plotted revenge that shatters the elegant world of the Old Masters - each story is a remarkable tour de force. 
 
And above all here is a brilliant novella, 'Whispering Wind', which begins with the single survivor of Custer's Last Stand at the battle of Little Big Horn. Then follows the rescue from rape and murder of a Cheyenne girl and a flight across the mountains and forests of the West, ending in a savage present-day manhunt in the wild lands of Montana.

The Veteran

Thriller Short Stories

AN UNWINNABLE WAR 
 
Cocaine is worth billions of dollars a year to the drug cartels who spread their evil seed across Western society. It causes misery, poverty and death. And slowly its power is spreading... 
 
A MAN ON A MISSION 
 
Ex-CIA special ops, Paul Devereux, intellectual, dedicated and utterly ruthless, is given what seems like an impossible task: Stop the drug barons, whatever it costs. At his disposal, anything he wants - men, resources, money. He must assemble a team equal to the lawless men who control this deadly trade. 
 
AN UNTHINKABLE SOLUTION 
 
Up to now the drug cartels have had it their way. Up to now, the forces of law and order have played by the rules. That is about to change. Those rules no longer apply... and a dirty war is about to get a whole lot dirtier...

The Cobra

A pulse-pounding drug cartel thriller from the master of storytelling

In this fascinating insight into the shady inner workings of the art world a young appraiser working at a prestigious auction house comes across an unidentified masterpiece. But when the powerful CEO of the company claims the discovery as his own the appraiser teams up with the original owner of the piece to gain revenge. Together they set up a cunning scam that shatters the illusion of the elegant world of the Old Masters. 
 
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection The Veteran.

The Art of the Matter (Storycuts)

An astonishing and beautiful tale of a frontier scout who saves a young Cheyenne girl from the prospect of rape and murder at the hands of his own army. The favour is returned when the scout is saved by the Cheyenne and given mercy, but when he falls in love with the girl he saved he knows that the tribe will never allow them to be together. They escape, but are forced to abandon their flight when they encounter an omen telling them that she is pledged to another. This frontier tale soon becomes a violent present day manhunt through the Wild West. 
 
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection The Veteran.

Whispering Wind (Storycuts)

An American couple on holiday in the atmospheric Italian town of Siena are on their way to witness the time-honoured Palio horse race. When they are waylaid they end up in a quiet courtyard being told a mesmerising story by a strange young man. It is an unforgettable tale that begins with the persecution of a young nun in the turbulent days of the sixteenth century and culminates in the bitter German retreat from Italy. 
 
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection The Veteran.

The Miracle (Storycuts)

When an anonymous man is brutally murdered on a London council estate the police race to gather evidence against his killers. They have two men in custody and they know that they are guilty. But when a brilliant QC intervenes in their defence a startling and unsettling justice is delivered. 
 
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection The Veteran.

The Veteran (Storycuts)

On a routine flight from Bangkok to Heathrow the captain receives an anonymous tip-off from an overzealous family man that he checks out as a matter of course. Meanwhile, Bill Butler is roused from his bed and, together with his Knock team, must try to outwit the devious smugglers. 
 
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection The Veteran.

The Citizen (Storycuts)

Tony Kent

The bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal returns with his most explosive book yet. 
 
The Nazis may have lost the battle. But the war is just beginning… 
 
Summer, 2025. A US senator is burned to death in his Washington townhouse. Masked gunmen massacre supporters during a football match in Berlin. And an old man is murdered while he sleeps in the dementia ward of a German hospital. Three apparently unconnected events, three steps on the countdown to apocalypse. 
 
When journalist and podcaster Georg Miller starts joining the dots between them, he finds himself the target of professional killers. His investigation soon reveals that his would-be assassins are from an organisation known as the Odessa, a menacing and powerful Nazi group intent on regaining power. 
 
The Odessa has spread its poison from a covert compound in the Bavarian countryside all the way to the halls of the American Capitol. And now, as their campaign to destabilise the Western political system accelerates, Georg must stop the next attack, before it changes the course of history…

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