There are many Jack Reacher wannabes but there are none, in my opinion, to touch him. However, the hero here, Sam Carver, in his third outing, comes mighty close. He is a retired MI6 hit man and now he’s been framed for crimes he didn’t do … obviously he must clear his name … and in doing so discovers a plot which must be foiled. Terrific stuff. Highly recommended.
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About Assassin
A people-trafficker bites the dust in Dubai and a gangland money-launderer has a fatal car accident in San Francisco: both deaths bear the hallmarks of a Sam Carver 'accident.' But Carver is no longer supposed to be in the game. He'd sworn to leave that life behind. So his old contacts at MI6 want to know why Carver has gone off the reservation.
A people-trafficker bites the dust in Dubai and a gangland money-launderer has a fatal car accident in San Francisco: both deaths bear the hallmarks of a Sam Carver 'accident.' But Carver is no longer supposed to be in the game. He'd sworn to leave that life behind. So his old contacts at MI6 want to know why Carver has gone off the reservation.
Who is paying him? And who will be his next target? But someone is setting Carver up, framing him for crimes he didn't commita copycat killer, motivated by revenge.
He wants to crush Carver and then beat him at his own game by hitting the world's most prominent target, the new president of the United States. Now Sam Carver will have to use all his cunning and tradecraft to track and stop this deadly opponent. Alone and on the run, he must fight to clear his name.
But first he must stop a fatal shot that will be heard around the world.
Tom Cain is the pseudonym for an award-winning journalist, with 25 years’ experience working for Fleet Street newspapers, as well as major magazines in Britain and the US. During the course of his career he has conducted several hundred in-depth interviews with senior politicians, billionaire entrepreneurs, Olympic athletes, movie stars, supermodels and rock legends. He has investigated financial scandals on Wall Street, studio intrigues in Hollywood and corrupt sports stars in Britain. He has lived in Moscow, Washington DC and Havana, Cuba. Although he has edited four magazines, published over a dozen books, written film-scripts and been translated into some 20 languages, this is his first thriller.
A people-trafficker bites the dust in Dubai and a gangland money-launderer has a fatal car accident in San Francisco: both deaths bear the hallmarks of a Sam Carver 'accident.' But Carver is no longer supposed to be in the game. He'd sworn to leave that life behind.
Assassin features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Crime and Mystery, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Ebook, Paperback. £38.40. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
Assassin was written by Tom Cain and published by Penguin Canada
£38.40. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
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