The mastermind behind characters like 'The Jackal' and 'Sam McCready' passed away on June 9, aged 86. Here are 10 of his finest novels:
This gripping thriller features a professional assassin, known as 'The Jackal', hired to kill the French president. The story unfolds as law enforcement agencies engage in a race against time, determined to stop the Jackal's meticulously planned plots.
This novel takes you through the exciting adventures of a young German journalist and his attempts to uncover a chilling conspiracy: a secret organization made to protect Nazi war criminals in Europe.
A ruthless British tycoon discovers platinum in the fictional African nation of Zangaro. To get the country’s government out of the way, the tycoon hires traditional mercenaries to stage a coup d'état and install a puppet regime: a brutal, brilliant exposé of neocolonial greed dressed up as strategy.
This crime thriller follows Quinn, a retired CIA negotiator, who is called back to action when the son of the American president is kidnapped. The story unravels to reveal a larger conspiracy, where two powerful men are planning to assassinate the president and control the Middle East’s oil wealth.
A retiring British SIS agent, Sam McCready, is pushed into a risky situation. Known for his unorthodox methods and valuable intelligence, he suspects a plot to destabilise the SIS and decides to fight back, leading to a cat-and-mouse game with his superiors and a secret enemy.
Igor Komarov, a Russian politician set to become the president, leads the novel. As the story moves further, a stolen manifesto revealing Komarov’s fascist and racist ideology surfaces, prompting ex-CIA agent Jason Monk to prevent Komarov’s rise to power.
This novel is a collection of five short stories on crime, each with a unique plot. The titular story focuses on the murder of an elderly man, who is later revealed by a lawyer to be a former SAS soldier.
This modern-day thriller sees an intelligence operative known as 'The Tracker' given the task of tracking down a terrorist known only as 'The Preacher'.
A young employee at a prestigious auction house comes across an unidentified masterpiece. Later, when the powerful CEO of a company claims to have discovered it on his own, the appraiser gains revenge by teaming up with the original owner of the piece.
While the Soviet Union is facing a famine, their only hope is help from the US. However, the rescue of a Ukrainian “freedom fighter” from the Black Sea leads to a turn of events that only two lovers can fix.