Frederick Forsyth
Frederick Forsyth is a former journalist whose meticulously researched political thrillers created a template for the fact-based, procedurally detailed thriller. The Day of the Jackal, his debut, is widely considered one of the finest thrillers ever written and set a standard for technical authenticity and narrative momentum. He has sold over 70 million books.
Works
- The Day of the JackalPolitical thriller following a professional assassin hired to kill the French president
- The Odessa FileSpy novel tracking a Nazi war criminal through postwar Europe and Israel
- The Dogs of WarThriller about a secretive group organizing military coup in African nation
- The Fourth ProtocolCold War espionage novel revealing Soviet plot against NATO and the West
- The Devil's AlternativePolitical thriller pitting Soviet submarine against NATO amid Middle East crisis