The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
Recommended by Ben Shapiro and Jordan Hughes
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Political Thrillers, Spy, and Mystery.
A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of his profession. A man unknown to any secret service in the world. An assassin with a contract to kill the world's most heavily guarded man.One man with a rifle who can change the course of history. One man whose mission is so secretive not even his employers know his name. And ...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Political Thrillers, Spy, and Mystery.
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