No Comebacks: Collected Short Stories - Hardcover

Forsyth, Frederick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670514209 ISBN 13: 9780670514205

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1982

Synopsis

This collection of ten short stories by a master of suspense includes a title story of a maleficent plotter trapped in a web of his own weaving and five tales set amidst the mists and mayhem of modern Ireland

About this title

From the Publisher:

"Spellbinding. . .ten Forsyths for the price of one, who could ask for anything more?"--Forth Worth Star-Telegram.

Here are ten suspenseful, serpentine stories of betrayal, blackmail, murder, and revenge...all culminating in shocking twists of fate.

"Masterful."--Kirkus Reviews.

Within these pages live a wealth of characters you will not soon forget...people whose lives become irrevocably trapped in a world of no comebacks, beyond the point of no return--from the manipulators and the manipulated to the ultra-rich capable of buying and selling human lives, to the everyday man maneuvered by circumstances into performing deadly acts of violence.

"Chillingly effective."--Publishers Weekly

"Tense, explosive and vivid, No Comeback proves that Frederick Forsyth is truly the world's reigning master of suspense. A warming bedside companion."--Los Angeles Times

From the Inside Flap:

Here are ten suspenseful, serpentine stories  of betrayal, blackmail, murder, and revenge...all  culminating in shocking twists of fate.  Within these pages live a wealth of  characters you will not soon forget...people  whose lives become irrevocably trapped in a world of  no comebacks, beyond the point of no return--from  the manipulators and the manipulated to the  ultra-rich capable of buying and selling human lives, to  the everyday man maneuvered by circumstances into  performing deadly acts of violence.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0670514209
• ISBN 13: 9780670514205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 255