Kill Shot: An American Assassin Thriller

As a long-time reader of the Mitch Rapp series and a Vince Flynn fan I was more than looking forward to the release of "Kill Shot" and I wasn't disappointed. Mr. Flynn has a writing style that is engaging and knows just how much detail to provide for you to enjoy the ride. This book picks up where "American Assassin" left off; exploring the recruitment and early career of Mitch Rapp. In "Kill Shot" we learn that Mitch has been eliminating a long list of terrorists and their supporters in short order. His reputation has preceded him, literally, as his current target, a Libyan oil minister with ties to terrorists, is being used as a pawn by others higher in the terrorist food chain to lure this very effective assassin into a trap. Things go terribly wrong and a blood-bath massacre threatens to destroy CIA anti-terror operations and irreparably damage U.S./French relations. Obviously this all points to Mitch, who was shot during the ambush and must figure out how he was compromised and who he can trust. Not making this any easier, his trainer from The Farm, Stan Hurley, who has no love for the cocky new recruit even though Mitch saved his life in "American Assassin," believes this blood-bath was Mitch going over the edge. When the DDO, Thomas Stansfield, orders him to send over a group of operatives to find and if necessary, neutralize Mitch, he chooses "Victor" to lead the group - a goon of a trainer to whom we were introduced in "American Assassin." Aside from being a narcissistic sadist, Victor also has a personal score to settle with Mitch, who turned the tables on him, broke his arm, and made a complete fool of him during his training - something no one has ever done to Victor. The cat and mouse game that ensues, including treason and collusion by some in the U.S. and French intelligence agencies, makes for a great read. There have been several negative reviews of this book based on the lack of action. While I wouldn't consider this the most action-packed of the Mitch Rapp novels nor suggest this as a starting point for anyone not familiar with the series, there was more than enough suspense to make it very interesting and entertaining. As someone who has read the whole series, I found "American Assassin" and "Kill Shot" to be interesting back-stories providing additional character development. Since these are prequels and we know where certain individuals end up and the relationships that have formed from the earlier (chronologically later) books, we're given more character depth. As to the book ending at the 71% mark on Kindle, Mr. Flynn has addressed this in an e-mail to his readers and has already worked with those involved to correct it. They included free excerpts from his previous books in the e-book format which, because it's considered content, was included in the percentage calculation. I seriously doubt Mr. Flynn or anyone else was trying to cheat the readers. Even without the content, it's not that short of a book. The hard-back, which doesn't have the excerpts, is 385 pages, so the criticism that this seemed more like a short story is, in my opinion, unfounded.

Very enjoyable reading. Moves with action and excitement. This is my first Vince Flynn book and I’ll certainly read additional ones.

I liked this one a little better than the first in this series. Lots of intrigue and enough villians to keep me guessing who was next on the kill list.

Great action and an even better story. Non stop suspense. Great character building and back stories for previously established characters.

Great book. Flynn at his best.

I bought this after seeing Flynn on Imus a couple of time and since I'm into this type of novel I thought I would give it a look. The story is okay. In fact it's very good in places but Flynn violates two of Elmore Leonard's "10 Rules of Writing." Rule 8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters. His description of Kennedy goes into detail about her (lack of a) relationship with her husband, someone who is never again mentioned in the story. That was two or three pages wasted on nothing. Flynn also goes into detail into the background and upbringing of one of Rapp's major antagonists. This character could have been summed up in one paragraph describing his sociopathic tendencies brought on by a less than ideal childhood. Who cares that he grew up a bully. It becomes quite evident very quickly that he is a sociopath. How he got that way doesn't matter. Rule 10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip. Refer to Rule 8. I'm reading Flynn's American Assassin now and in it he details the backgrounds of all of the main characters who will be prominent in his Mitch Rapp books. So far it's been better reading and puts a lot of what I read in this book into context. Flynn said on Imus the other morning that there was no chronological order to his books and that they can be read in no specific order. That's fine but he should have pointed out that American Assassin established the main characters. Had I known that I would have started with it and then gone on to the other books as I found them available. I will find and read another Flynn novel when I find it. If he continues violating Leonard's rules noted above then I will find another author who doesn't write page skippers.

Well, written, taught, intense. I plan to read the rest of the books at his series. Highly recommended without reservation!

This is a great series of books. I really enjoy the author’s writing style.

Mitch Rapp is believed to have gone rogue by his own people because his latest job has ended with more dead bodies than anticipated, including a number of innocent bystanders. Was he set up? Who is responsible? As a wanted man with limited resources how will he track down the guilty party and prove his innocence? Well written, fast paced, with lots of twists and turns, double crosses, and plenty of action. My one criticism is that from time to time events unfold from one person's perspective, then we backtrack and see the same events from someone else's perspective. This device works well sometimes but just slows down the narrative at others.

That's a usual Mitch Rapp-Story. So I can't follow the bad reviews to this writing. Everything what you expect and accustomed to is put together in this book. This is a story about the younger Mitch Rapp. Just 25 and just one year as an operative in the agency he is in Paris just to murder another nameless terrorist. But something went terrible wrong. He was expected and so he ends up with a serious wound in his shoulder. Someone betrayed him... but who? His handler Irene, her boss or his trainer Stan? But Mitch Rapp would not be Mitch Rapp if he packs his things and fly back to the states. No, someone have to pay. With his trainer Stan Hurley on his feet and an obscure french intelligence officer this book has a thrilling story. Nearly in every triller are some parts, that are not as thrilling than the rest of the book. But this is no circumstance for a bad review. Especially when Vince Flynn wrote something about a rival of Rapp or about the life of Irene Kennedy, the handler of Rapp. These scenes are naturally not as thrilling as the parts, when Rapp goes to „work“, but they tell us something about the background of Rapps life. And so, these parts are interesting and very useful to understand the protagonists of the books. And don't follow other reviews and belive this book contains only one shooting at the beginning... there are other scenes with a lot of slugs, blood and violence. Noteable is, that Mitch Rapp is not the only center of the book... there is another one... a she. Perhaps this is a style, which not every reader is accostumed to. Two lines of action. And so this book is as fast-paced, thrilling and interesting as every book from Vince Flynn about Mitch Rapp. I would say, Vince Flynn is one of the few writers – like Lee Child – who is able to write a #1 thriller after another. And this book is no exception. I refuse to reduce Mitch Rapp, Irene Kennedy and all the other figures in the Rapp-Series to blind killing-machines. And thanks to Flynn, we will learn something about the protagonists.

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As usual. .. believeable or not this killing machine excites and forces you to keep reading. Unstoppable action , unputdownable young Mitch Rapp at his best

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