The Kill List, Frederick Forsyth
The Kill List, Frederick Forsyth
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The Kill List

Author: Frederick Forsyth

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 8 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 08/20/2013

Synopsis

An extraordinary cutting-edge suspense novel from the "king of the pack" (The Washington Times), #1 New York Times bestselling author Frederick Forsyth.

In northern Virginia, a secret agency named TOSA (Technical Operations Support Activity) has one mission: to track, find, and kill those so dangerous to the United States that they are on a short, very close-held document known as the Kill List.

Now a new name has been added: a terrorist of frightening effectiveness called the Preacher, who radicalizes young Muslims living abroad to carry out assassinations. Unfortunately for him, one of his targets is a retired Marine general, whose son is TOSA’s top tracker of men.

The Preacher has made it personal—and now the hunt is on….

About The Author

Frederick Forsyth is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seventeen novels, including The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File, as well as short story collections and a memoir. A former Air Force pilot, and one-time print and television reporter for the BBC, he has had four movies and two television miniseries made from his works. He is the winner of three Edgar Awards, and in 2012 he won the Diamond Dagger Award from the Crime Writers' Association, a lifetime achievement award for sustained excellence. He lives in Hertfordshire, England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Supratim on June 02, 2017

Frederick Forsyth is one of my favourite thriller writers. His books are usually about commandos, cops, mercenaries, spies, dictators, terrorists and assassins entangled in some conspiracy or some covert mission. There's plenty of twists, gun fights, commando raids and a little bit of investigation......more

Goodreads review by Ned on August 28, 2013

As a life-long fan, I am disappointed at the sloppiness of Forsyth's research. This kind of plot-driven, technical thriller relies heavily on attention to detail and "truthy" facts to establish the author's credibility as well as the authenticity of the story. Unfortunately, Forsyth revealed opposit......more

Goodreads review by Rex on July 26, 2016

Superb! It’s amazing an author who began writing contemporaneously about the attempt to assassinate Charles De Gaulle – long before such things as the internet and cell phones – now writes contemporaneously with the same absolute authenticity about hunting the jihadi who recruits Islamist murderers o......more

Quotes

“Action sequences are tipsy with testosterone.”—The New York Times

“A story that’s as current as tomorrow's headlines.”—Mobile Press-Register

“A high-stakes thriller…The Kill List is intense to the very end.”—Midwest Book Review

“Forsyth’s new thriller proves he has lost none of his powers…[He] remains the master if his trade.”—Daily Express (UK)

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