The Avenger, by Frederick Forsyth

February 27, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: book review, Fiction, Frederick Forsyth, Thriller 

Calvin Dexter, the main character of this story, is a quiet lawyer Frederick Forsyth: The Avengerin a quiet little town in America. Or so it seems. However, Dexter was a “tunnel rat” in Vietnam, one of the toughest services there, and came back alive and highly decorated. A man very used to danger.

It turns out that Dexter doubles as the Avenger, a man who secretly sells services where he uses the set of skills acquired in Vietnam rather than at law school.

The main plot in The Avenger involves a Canadian billionaire that hires the Avenger to identify the killer of his grandson. The Avenger, however, eventually gets involved in this at a personal and emotional level, rather than simply professional. And when that happens, the straightforward mission gets infinitely more complicated.

The Avenger is a great and interesting read, with a very intriguing psychological mechanism at its core. It is not the best book Frederick Forsyth has ever written, but as all of Forsyth’s books, it is still very suspenseful and entertaining.

Links to Frederick Forsyth’s books at amazon US and at amazon UK.

Tags: , , ,