Avenger

Attorney Calvin Dexter hangs his shingle in a quiet New Jersey town, has a reasonably successful practice, and takes the hills strong while triathalon training. But Dexter is no ordinary man. \*\*\*The summer before he goes to college, Ricky Colenso travels to Bosnia to volunteer as an aid worker. A few weeks later, he disappears and is never heard from again. A family grieves and is offered little hope--in the fog of that horrible time and place, the killer, too, has vanished.\*\*\*Or so it would seem. For in a world that has forgotten right and wrong, there are few like Cal Dexter who can settle the score. And so, years later, a worldwide chase is on and Dexter begins to draw a net around the killer. But this time CIA agent Paul Devereux must find a way to stop Dexter before his quest for vengeance throws the world into chaos.\*\*\*A heart-stopping novel of murder and mystery, double-cross and triple-cross, old loyalties and new hatreds, Avenger has all of Frederick Forsyth's page-turning trademarks.

his Best In Decades... Pure Gold.

-publishers Weekly (starred Review)

frederick Forsyth's Explosive Blockbusters Defined The Conspiracy Thriller. Now The Acknowledged Master Of Bestselling International Suspense And Intrigue Returns With A Vengeance Igniting A Time-bomb Of A Novel.

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many Years Ago, Cal Dexter Was A Vietnam Tunnel Rat Recruited To Ferret Out The Jungle Lairs Of The Enemy. Today, He's A Small-time Attorney In A Sleepy New Jersey Town. But Dexter Lives No Ordinary Life.

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the Beast Dexter's Been Hired To Hunt Is Zilic, A Serbian Warlord Ensconced In A South American Compound With The Best Security Blood Money Can Buy. One Victim Left In His Wake Was An Innocent American Aid Worker In Bosnia-the Grandson Of A Canadian Tycoon Who Can Afford The Best Revenge.

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and So, A Worldwide Chase Is On, And Dexter Begins To Draw A Net Around The Killer. But This Time, Cia Agent Paul Devereaux Must Find A Way To Stop Dexter Before His Quest For Vengeance Throws The World Into Chaos.

plans Within Plans Unfold Spectacularly.

-entertainment Weekly

forsyth Is Truly The World's Reigning Master Of Suspense.

—the Los Angeles Times

library Journal

colin Dexter Is A Small-town Lawyer Whose Life Has Been Devastated By Tragedy-his Daughter Was Murdered By Kidnappers And His Wife Committed Suicide. He Responded By Dedicating Himself To Avenging Crimes. An Idealistic Young Man Has Recently Been Killed By A Serbian Warlord, Who Then Disappeared. Though Dexter Has Retired From His Life As An Avenger, He Is Hired To Find The Warlord And Bring Him Back. Dexter Was Never A Killer; He Has Always Brought Criminals To Justice Alive. A Combat Veteran And Highly Decorated Tunnel Rat In Vietnam, He May Be Over 50, But He Is A Triathlete And Is In Excellent Shape For The Mission. Forsyth's Books Are Always Compared To His First Novel, The Day Of The Jackal, And Avenger Compares Most Favorably; Gripping, Complex, And Exciting, This Is A Well-written And Thrilling Tale Of Evil And Retribution. Readers May Want To Compare Forsyth's Colin Dexter To Tom Clancy's John Clark Or Lee Child's Jack Reacher, But Dexter Stands Firmly On His Own. Recommended For All Fiction Collections.-robert Conroy, Warren, Mi Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Frederick Forsyth returns, after seven years, with a sensational new action thrillerA young American aid volunteer, Ricky Colenso, is brutally murdered in former Yugoslavia. His grandfather, the Canadian billionaire Steven Edmond, is bent on revenge. The quest to find Ricky's murderer leads Edmond to Cal Dexter, ex-Vietnam Special Forces, the one man who could bring the killer to justice. But what starts as a personal, domestic tragedy soon explodes into a terrifying drama on the centre stage of world terrorism.From the battlefield of Vietnam via war-torn Serbia to the jungles of Central America, Avenger is packed with riveting detail, breathtaking action and political suspense, while in Cal Dexter we meet an unforgettable hero in the most dynamic Forsyth tradition. Calvin Dexter, a small-town attorney and secret vigilante, is hired to bring Serbian warlord Zoran Zilic to American justice for the murder of volunteer aid worker Ricky Colenso, but he finds his efforts hindered by CIA agent Paul Devereaux who has another purpose in mind for Zilic Wanneer een jonge Amerikaanse welzijnwerker in 1995 in het voormalig Joegoslavie wordt vermoord, ontvoert een huurling de moordenaar uit diens schier onneembare burcht in een Zuid-Amerikaanse bananenrepubliek