Rogue Male Author:Geoffrey Household In a class with Ambler, Le Carre, and Deighton. — His mission was revenge, and revenge means assassination. In return he'll be cruelly tortures, tracked by secret agents, followed by the police, relentlessly pursued by a ruthless killer. They'll hunt him like a wild beast, and to survive he'll have to think and live like a rogue male. — A tale of ... more »adventure, suspense, even mystery, for whose sheer thrilling quality one may seek long ti find a parallel... and in its sparse, tense, desperately alive narrative it will keep, long after the last page is finished, its hold from the first page upon the reader's mind. --The New York Times Book Review« less
I am a mystery buff and Geoffrey Household writes some of the best. This one is more your adventure and suspense genre, but if you like same I expect you are in for a super ride!