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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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

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'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

**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.

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