Kill Shot by Vince Flynn
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quippeThe Blurb On The Back:
Mitch Rapp is a man on a mission.
For months, Mitch has been working his way through a list of the men responsible for the Pan Am Lockerbie bombing – bullet by bullet.
His next target – a Libyan diplomat – should be easy. Prone to drink and currently in Paris without a bodyguard, Rapp quickly tracks the man down and sends a bullet into his skull while he’s sleeping. But at the moment he squeezes the trigger, the door to the hotel room is kicked open and gunfire erupts around him.
A wounded Rapp escapes with his life, but when the news breaks in France he is a wanted man. His handlers have only one choice. Rapp has become a liability, and he must not be taken alive. Alone in Paris, on the run from the authorities and from his own employers, Mitch Rapp must prepare to fight for his life.
Since graduating from a CIA training program, Mitch Rapp has been on a mission to kill the men responsible for the Lockerbie bombing and he’s good at what he does. His victims know that someone is coming for them and they’re living in fear. Rapp’s next target is a Libyan diplomat who is visiting Paris without his bodyguards. Rapp and his support team have done their homework and Rapp pulls off a professional hit but barely has the bullet entered the diplomat’s skull when Rapp finds himself ambushed by a gang armed with machine guns.
Rapp escapes, but he’s wounded and the aftermath is messy enough to make the French news. Convinced that there’s a leak in the CIA, Rapp isn’t sure who to trust, but he has bigger problems as Stan Hurley is convinced that Rapp messed up and worse, he’s got the ear of Rapp’s superiors and they’re beginning to think he’s a liability who has to be dealt with permanently …
Vince Flynn’s action thriller (the second prequel in the MITCH RAPP SERIES) is a fast-paced action thriller but the result is never really in question, which means that the stakes aren’t there to make this a gripping read. Rapp is from the predictable school of action heroes – the best at what he does, he’s always one step ahead of everyone else and, obviously, always in the right. The supporting characters are painted in broad brushstrokes and this isn’t really a book for those who like strong female characters as all of them (from Irene Kennedy, Rapp’s handler to Detective Neville who’s investigating the hit) are shown as being led by their emotions who need the men to tell them what to do and how to behave. Flynn handles the action scenes well but the corruption storyline veers dangerously close to ridiculous (especially as certain characters refuse to acknowledge what’s right in front of them) and Rapp’s main antagonist is so obviously out to lunch that it beggars belief he’d ever be allowed to keep his job. Ultimately, this is a book in the square-jawed hero kicking ass ilk and if that’s your thing then there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy this – although I kept turning the pages, I’m not sure that I’m invested enough in this to read more in the series.
The Verdict:
Vince Flynn’s action thriller (the second prequel in the MITCH RAPP SERIES) is a fast-paced action thriller but the result is never really in question, which means that the stakes aren’t there to make this a gripping read. Rapp is from the predictable school of action heroes – the best at what he does, he’s always one step ahead of everyone else and, obviously, always in the right. The supporting characters are painted in broad brushstrokes and this isn’t really a book for those who like strong female characters as all of them (from Irene Kennedy, Rapp’s handler to Detective Neville who’s investigating the hit) are shown as being led by their emotions who need the men to tell them what to do and how to behave. Flynn handles the action scenes well but the corruption storyline veers dangerously close to ridiculous (especially as certain characters refuse to acknowledge what’s right in front of them) and Rapp’s main antagonist is so obviously out to lunch that it beggars belief he’d ever be allowed to keep his job. Ultimately, this is a book in the square-jawed hero kicking ass ilk and if that’s your thing then there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy this – although I kept turning the pages, I’m not sure that I’m invested enough in this to read more in the series.
Thanks to Simon & Schuster for the review copy of this book.
For months, Mitch has been working his way through a list of the men responsible for the Pan Am Lockerbie bombing – bullet by bullet.
His next target – a Libyan diplomat – should be easy. Prone to drink and currently in Paris without a bodyguard, Rapp quickly tracks the man down and sends a bullet into his skull while he’s sleeping. But at the moment he squeezes the trigger, the door to the hotel room is kicked open and gunfire erupts around him.
A wounded Rapp escapes with his life, but when the news breaks in France he is a wanted man. His handlers have only one choice. Rapp has become a liability, and he must not be taken alive. Alone in Paris, on the run from the authorities and from his own employers, Mitch Rapp must prepare to fight for his life.
Since graduating from a CIA training program, Mitch Rapp has been on a mission to kill the men responsible for the Lockerbie bombing and he’s good at what he does. His victims know that someone is coming for them and they’re living in fear. Rapp’s next target is a Libyan diplomat who is visiting Paris without his bodyguards. Rapp and his support team have done their homework and Rapp pulls off a professional hit but barely has the bullet entered the diplomat’s skull when Rapp finds himself ambushed by a gang armed with machine guns.
Rapp escapes, but he’s wounded and the aftermath is messy enough to make the French news. Convinced that there’s a leak in the CIA, Rapp isn’t sure who to trust, but he has bigger problems as Stan Hurley is convinced that Rapp messed up and worse, he’s got the ear of Rapp’s superiors and they’re beginning to think he’s a liability who has to be dealt with permanently …
Vince Flynn’s action thriller (the second prequel in the MITCH RAPP SERIES) is a fast-paced action thriller but the result is never really in question, which means that the stakes aren’t there to make this a gripping read. Rapp is from the predictable school of action heroes – the best at what he does, he’s always one step ahead of everyone else and, obviously, always in the right. The supporting characters are painted in broad brushstrokes and this isn’t really a book for those who like strong female characters as all of them (from Irene Kennedy, Rapp’s handler to Detective Neville who’s investigating the hit) are shown as being led by their emotions who need the men to tell them what to do and how to behave. Flynn handles the action scenes well but the corruption storyline veers dangerously close to ridiculous (especially as certain characters refuse to acknowledge what’s right in front of them) and Rapp’s main antagonist is so obviously out to lunch that it beggars belief he’d ever be allowed to keep his job. Ultimately, this is a book in the square-jawed hero kicking ass ilk and if that’s your thing then there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy this – although I kept turning the pages, I’m not sure that I’m invested enough in this to read more in the series.
The Verdict:
Vince Flynn’s action thriller (the second prequel in the MITCH RAPP SERIES) is a fast-paced action thriller but the result is never really in question, which means that the stakes aren’t there to make this a gripping read. Rapp is from the predictable school of action heroes – the best at what he does, he’s always one step ahead of everyone else and, obviously, always in the right. The supporting characters are painted in broad brushstrokes and this isn’t really a book for those who like strong female characters as all of them (from Irene Kennedy, Rapp’s handler to Detective Neville who’s investigating the hit) are shown as being led by their emotions who need the men to tell them what to do and how to behave. Flynn handles the action scenes well but the corruption storyline veers dangerously close to ridiculous (especially as certain characters refuse to acknowledge what’s right in front of them) and Rapp’s main antagonist is so obviously out to lunch that it beggars belief he’d ever be allowed to keep his job. Ultimately, this is a book in the square-jawed hero kicking ass ilk and if that’s your thing then there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy this – although I kept turning the pages, I’m not sure that I’m invested enough in this to read more in the series.
Thanks to Simon & Schuster for the review copy of this book.
