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The Veteran: Five Heart-Stopping Stories
- Narrated by: Bruce Boxleitner, Christopher Casenove, Patrick McNee
- Length: 12 hrs and 44 mins
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The Veteran: Five Heart-Stopping Stories
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Publisher's Summary
A collection of five suspenseful gems by master storyteller Frederick Forsyth, best-selling author of The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File. Justice does not always come easily, and it comes in many guises. On the seedier side of London, a shopkeeper witnesses a brutal beating in The Veteran. In a better neighborhood, a famous London auction house is scammed in The Art of the Matter. And there's more. The other stories venture to a persecution in 16th century Sienna, a mid-flight drug smuggling heist, and the lone survivor of Custer's Last Stand. The voices of narrators Patrick MacNee, Bruce Boxleitner, and Christopher Casanove truly compliments the author's genius. Mixing together the elements of great suspense - revenge, mystery, murder and deception - this collection is Forsyth at his best.
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- Hadassah
- 2020-09-13
Here is the index to the five stories
Since the publisher has not yet provided an index, here it is:
THE VETERAN - CH 1-26 - READ BY MCNEE
THE ART OF THE MATTER - CH 27-48 - READ BY MCNEE
THE STORY ABOUT SIENNA - CH 49-56 - READ BY CASENOVE
THE CITIZEN - CH 57-65 - READ BY MCNEE
WHISPERING WIND - CH 66-99 - READ BY BOXLEITNER
7 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- frequent buyer
- 2016-06-30
awful performance ruins some good stories
Patrick Macnee is a good actor but his reading for Audible is unbearable. He puts pauses in the wrong place and emphasis on incorrect syllables. He adds extravagant emotional content where clearly none was intended. I will not buy another audible book with him as the reader. unfortunately the audible table of contents does not note where one story ends and another one begins. As a result there's no easy way to get through a story you don't like or a reader you don't like.
5 people found this helpful
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- Kindle Customer
- 2020-04-03
never disappointed by forsyth
5 great stories with a wonderful twist only forsyth could write. Highly recommended. expect to be surprised by each ending
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- M. I. Wolfson
- 2017-03-06
great stuff will work listening great stories
great stories and excellent narration
deserves 10/10 even the least story seemed unlikely to hold my interest but did
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- Larry
- 2021-05-27
Engrossing!
I thought I had the best of the best with Tom Clancy and LeCarre’. I’m so glad to have discovered Forsyth. He’s right up there with the best of them, at least in my humble opinion.
1 person found this helpful
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- peter
- 2021-05-11
Good fun
If only for the first perfect story this is well worth the credit. Recommended highly
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-03-25
Masterful
Five brilliant short stories by the master, Frederic Forsyth. Highly recommended. Five stories are each completely different, but all have the Forsyth hallmarks of well-researched and gripping stories.
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- Ed
- 2015-02-25
Strong collection of stories
Really enjoyed this collection of shorter works by Forsyth. He proves once again why he's one of the great storytellers of our time.
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- Shmuel M
- 2022-05-01
A mixed bag
5 varied stories by Forsyth . While entertaining and filled with details typical of Forsyths extensive research most of the stories were just OK Each had a twist ending but I would not have called any of them “heart stopping”
The narrators were also a mixed bag Of the 4 different ones 3 were British but the lone American Bruce Boxleitner was by far my favorite
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- Diane
- 2022-03-27
Not engaging
From a boring narrator to unengaging plots, this was a disappointing purchase. Day of the Jackal it was not.