The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth

This is the story of a hunt for a modern day terrorist, the Preacher, who is responsible for using the internet to urge followers to each kill some notable person serving 'the great Satan' and then kill themselves. After a series of killings in both the US and Britain, a marine colonel, Tracker, who works in TOSA (technical operations support activity) is commissioned by the highest authorities to find and eliminate the Preacher. The story tells in great detail of the use of high tech computer technology to search for the terrorist and then on the ground intelligence to finally kill him.

Though the search becomes personal for the Tracker when his own father, a retired marine general, is shot by one of the fanatics, there isn't any real character development in this story. It doesn't matter, however, because the way the search is carried out is so interesting. I had a feeling things would conclude satisfactorily at the end, but was kept on the edge of my seat wondering how it would happen. I don't know if all the technical and military things were accurate, but they were so detailed they certainly seemed to be.

The book doesn't explore any moral or ethical  dilemmas which might be associated with the killing of terrorists without trial, but just tells what happened in this particular situation. It was another book I couldn't put down.

Some other reviewers have said this book isn't as good as some of Forsyth's previous novels. That really makes me want to read them too.