The veteran - Rambling Readers

344 pages

Published Feb. 11, 2003 by St. Martin's Paperbacks.

ISBN:: 978-0-312-98342-0
OCLC Number:: 51645601

(1 review)

A collection of five suspenseful stories. Justice does not always come easily, and it comes in many guises. On the seedier side of London, a shopkeeper witnesses a brutal beating in The Veteran. In a better neighborhood, a famous London auction house is scammed in The Art of the Matter. Other stories venture to a persecution in 16th century Sienna, a mid-flight drug smuggling heist, and the lone survivor of Custer's Last Stand.

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Sean Randall reviewed The veteran by Frederick Forsyth

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4 stars

I've never read any frederick forsyth before and didn't really know what to expect. I must say I was hooked, fascinated and surprised.

My favourite story out of the five in the collection has to be "the Art of the Matter", describing a disgruntled x-employee's vengeance on a corporate bigwig who lost him his job. I also enjoyed "The Veteran", it was quite police procedural (which works well in a short story ) with an excellent twist at the end.

The remaining stories in order of my enjoyment were "Whispering Wind", "The Citizen" and "The Miracle".

Subjects

Justice -- Fiction.