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The Kill List

By: Frederick Forsyth
Narrated by: John Chancer
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The Kill List: a top-secret catalogue of names held at the highest level of the US government. On it, those men and women who would threaten the world's security. And at the top of it, The Preacher, a radical Islamic cleric whose sermons inspire his followers to kill high-profile Western targets in the name of God.

As the bodies begin to pile up in America, Great Britain and across Europe, the message goes out: discover this man's identity, locate him and take him out. Tasked with what seems like an impossible job is an ex-US marine who has risen through the ranks to become one of America's most effective intelligence chiefs.

Now known only as The Tracker, he must gather what scant evidence there is, collate it and unmask The Preacher if he is to prevent the next spate of violent deaths. Aided only by a brilliant teenaged hacker, he must throw out the bait and see whether his deadly target can be drawn from his lair.

©2013 Frederick Forsyth (P)2013 AudioGO Ltd Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Military

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The Kill List is written by crime fiction extraordinaire Frederick Forsyth and this unabridged crime thriller audiobook edition is narrated by talented American actor John Chancer. America has a list of the most dangerous men and women in the planet. It becomes the role of a teenage hacking genius to uncover the identity of the most wanted person on that list, who is actively and ingloriously killing in the name of religion. Listeners are utterly engaged throughout, as the intricate story takes them across America, Europe and the United Kingdom in a bid to uncover this highly dangerous man. Available now from Audible.
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This was a typical excellent Forsyth novel. Well researched and fun. It was just a little slow in parts.

Excellent but a little slow in parts

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Not one of his best, and the accents from the narrator are not great either

not great

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Everything in this story has been a) done before, b) better, c) by Frederick Forsyth himself. I bet he wrote this book on a tablet - half of it could have been written by predictive text.

Heard it all before

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Always careful attention to detail makes his books difficult to put down and always enjoyable thankyou

Excellent plot research

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Forsyth brings us a fast paced and well researched thriller that feels extremely pertinent due to recent events. I got through this in just two sittings, it worked really well as an audiobook and felt very visual, I’ve no doubt will be a on the big screen soon. Great narration too.

Bristling terrorism thriller

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Would you consider the audio edition of The Kill List to be better than the print version?

Never read the print version but I love listening because ou can really concentrate on the story and the people without concentrating on the words whilst reading

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Kill List?

the discoveries and the things that you learn is incredible

Have you listened to any of John Chancer’s other performances? How does this one compare?

no I have not but will be looking for others

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

you could but I did not

Any additional comments?

great insight into what really goes on and the story was fabulous

forsyth at his best

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This was my first Frederick Forsyth and I loved it all the way through. Will be looking for more to download.

Excellent

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If you are already a fan of Forsyth and have enjoyed his previous work you will enjoy this.

If you have never read him before this is as good a place to start.

Narration also good just the right timbre for the subject matter.

Typically good Forsyth fare

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This is not Frederick Forsythe's best or mos original stories. It is, however, interesting, engaging and ell rotten as one would expect from such an acclaimed author.

Who thought Chancer would be a good narrator, though? There is a line in the story where the American protagonist says that Britain is the best place to find an actor that could perfect and impersonate any accent. The producers of this audio book should have heeded this advice. In a story that requires the aerator to either NOT do any accents or be proficient and believable when performing the many accents portrayed in the text. When a Welsh character sounds more like an Urdu speaker than a Pakistani character, you know you have chosen the wrong narrator. Don't get be wrong, Chancer is a good narrator, and if he had done the whole thing in his own accent, it would have been a five star performance. As it is, his attempts at various national accents result in some vaguely foreign sounding voices that detract from the listening pleasure and border on offensive.

Usual High Quality Writing

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Another book I could not put down. The British Special Forces Op was nailbiting.

Brilliant Forsyth

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