==== The Day of the Jackal ====
| Title: | The Day of the Jackal |
| Rating: | 4 |
| Author: | Frederick Forsyth |
| ISBN: | 978-0-965-01830-2 |
| Pages: | 380 |
| Format: | hardcover |
| Started: | 2013-03 |
| Finished: | 2013-03 |

An old-style, spy novel, type of mystery based around a fictitious assassination attempt an Charles de Gaulle.  Although the first half of the book was a bit dry, once the chase to catch the assassin before he can carry out his plan begins, the pace picks up and the story draws you right in.