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".