内容简介
Acollectionoffiveheart-stoppingstoriesfromthemasterthrillerwriter.Amiracleinwar-tornSienathatbeginswiththepersecutionofayoungnunintheturbulentdaysofthesixteenthcenturyandculminatesinthebitterGermanretreatfromItaly;adrugsmugglingheistonaninternationalflightwheretheKnockpittheirwitsagainstthesmugglers;abrutalurbanmurder,whereabrilliantQCdecidestodefendthekillers,resultinginastartlingjustice;anincandescentartscamatafamousLondonauctionhouse,andabrilliantlyplottedrevengethatshatterstheelegantworldoftheOldMasters-eachstoryisaremarkabletourdeforce.Andaboveallhereisabrilliantnovella,WhisperingWind,whichbeginswiththesinglesurvivorofCuster'sLastStandatthebattleofLittleBigHorn.ThenfollowstherescuefromrapeandmurderofaCheyennegirlandaflightacrossthemountainsandforestsoftheWest,endinginasavagepresent-daymanhuntinthewildlandsofMontana.
作者简介
FrederickForsythistheauthorofninebestsellingnovels:TheDayoftheJackal,TheOdessaFile,TheDogsofWar,TheDevil'sAlternative,TheFourthProtocol,TheNegotiator,TheDeceiver,TheFistofGodandIcon.HisotherworksincludeTheBiafraStory,TheShepherd,ashortstorycollection,NoComebacks,andasequeltoThePhantomoftheOpera,ThePhantomofManhattan.Hehasalsocollectedtogetherananthologyofflyingtales,GreatFlyingStories,whichincludesstoriesbySirArthurConanDoyle,RoaldDahl,LenDeightonandH.G.Wells.