3/19/2024 0 Comments Seventeen exact debut dateIt reminded me a lot about how Jack Reacher thinks. A successful spy/assassin is more than just a killing machine, they have to be logical, analytical and make connections between disparate sets of data. Jones takes his time in tracking down Sixteen and getting the lie of the land. If he doesn’t accept the job he will be finished anyway and someone will be gunning for so him he has no choice but he doesn’t understand why this has to happen now, after all this time. He is to kill Sixteen - the top assassin before him who dropped completely off the radar 8 years ago. His next assignment from Handler sets his spidey senses tingling though. Only as he is decompressing in the hotel after a busy day he nearly succumbs to a beautiful woman who turns out to be an aspiring Eighteen! This job is not so neat but he gets it done as he is a consummate professional. He is to intercept a ‘brush pass’ at the Berlin Tiergarten (basically the zoo). When he calls his handler, known only as Handler, he gets another job at short notice. He gets an assignment in Berlin to kill some VIPs, it’s a walk in the park for him. Let’s call him Jones as it the only name he uses although we know it’s not his real name. Seventeen refers to the number of the current pre-eminent assassin in the murky world of black ops. With thanks to NetGalley and especially to Hodder and Stoughton for the much appreciated arc in return for an honest review. Overall, an exciting thriller and I look forward to reading more by this author. The chapters are short and sharp, it's full of tension and frequently the chapters end on cliff hangers.Īs 17's backstory emerges and you learn his raison d'etre, you know you shouldn't root for him but you do have much sympathy. It's action packed and how, it's vivid, it has multiple twists and turns as a dangerous cat ( a big one, not domestic!) and mouse game emerges, then alliances form of expediency. Let's face it we've all been duped one way or another by our governments from time to time!. The plot is fast paced throughout and what emerges is unbelievably believable! You feel as if the author writes with authority, he seems to have the knowledge of the more covert agencies (maybe even an ex operator?) so you can definitely buy into the 'truth' at the heart of the novel. It's most definitely a thriller, in places it's movie worthy and it would not be PG. Yanked in by a chain! I love the tone, there's a wry, dry humorous tone in the beginning which I really appreciate although things alter later on when things go Pete Tong and 17 is operating in, lets say, an improvised manner. If you want to grab a readers attention authors could do worse than look at how John Brownlow does it. but who is the Emperor giving the thumbs up or down? Is there an 18 trying to ride his coat tails? Are his days numbered? He enters the gladiatorial arena, it's a fight to the death. However, an assignment in Berlin is not his finest hour, have we witnessed a chip in his titanium armour? He has another job, his target the one who came before him - 16. He's 17, 'Jones', American, obnoxious, kills with audacity, he's the best, top of his game, a gun for hire usually by the security services, unofficially of course.
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