Tommy Carmellini , Book 3

The last (that I'm aware of) Jake Grafton novel. Decent, and it was nice to catch up with some "old friends," but there really wasn't anything at all new here to make it stand out. "Serviceable" comes to mind. ( )

Nice adventure with enough twists and turns to keep turning the pages. Good characters. ( )

Draws on recent headlines--terrorist threat, presidential support, bad guys and shoot-em-up. Carmelini skulks around and does plants sneaky wires, Grafton is inscrutable as ever. Grafton's wife is an incredible woman, enduring hardships beyond those of mortal women. The book is politically naive, but who could write an enjoying and excitable book with our gutless politicians. I could not believe what I was reading when one of the victims is murdered by an icicle. Enjoyable and forgettable book. ( )

Abu Qasim, an al Qaeda terrorist leader is on the loose and private industry has banned together under the leadership of CIA operative Jake (what else?) Grafton and his trusty sidekick, Tommy Carmellini, to defeat him. I don't read serials or continuing-character fiction primarily because the author usually has nothing significant to say beyond the first introduction of the story or character. There are exceptions of course: Karen Slaughter and her ongoing cast of characters is one exception; Preston & Child and their odd FBI Special Agent Pendergast; the amazing trilogy by Justin Cronin, "The Passage" and story of Amy being others. So, having not followed Stephen Coonts' Jake Grafton, I can only judge THE ASSASSIN by the content of THE ASSASSIN. My complete review of the book is at my book review blog: http://www.tgblogger.com/?p=176. ( )

It has been too long since I read this kind of novel...or maybe not long enough. It absolutely is NOT my genre! I used to love [Robert Ludlam] and [John Le Carre]--could it be that Coonts is not of the same calibre or is it that I am not as gullible or as easily amused? Whatever, it is pretty horrible to think that even Bush would have allowed a group of over zealous (I want to say adolescent, and though that is clearly not the case you would never know by their behavior) rich patriots to run a CIA op...or that the cadre of dufuses (dufusi?) would include a REPORTER. Gimme a break. But like I said, I shouldn't have read it in the first place, and the book should rather be reviewed by spy thriller aficionados. ( )

The Assassin by by Stephen CoontsJake Grafton is back! Once again Coonts creates a cliff hanger that you really don’t want to put down. The reality of terrorism is one of the things that makes this book truly sobering. Tommy Carmellini and Jake Grafton team up to stop a radical Islamic assassin. Truth is stranger than fiction. Much of this book could be true. I understand the feelings of frustration and anger portrayed by the characters when dealing with the mindless fanaticism of terrorists. As in all of Coont’s work, the action rocks and the plot rolls. It moves at warp speed and entertains while in some ways depresses. Once again the only solution to a problem seems to be the application of judicious violence. I recommend the book. ( )

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The Assassin by by Stephen Coonts

Jake Grafton is back! Once again Coonts creates a cliff hanger that you really don’t want to put down. The reality of terrorism is one of the things that makes this book truly sobering. Tommy Carmellini and Jake Grafton team up to stop a radical Islamic assassin.

Truth is stranger than fiction. Much of this book could be true. I understand the feelings of frustration and anger portrayed by the characters when dealing with the mindless fanaticism of terrorists. As in all of Coont’s work, the action rocks and the plot rolls. It moves at warp speed and entertains while in some ways depresses. Once again the only solution to a problem seems to be the application of judicious violence.

I recommend the book. ( )

The Assassin by Stephen Coonts, is nonstop action – pure Dick Fic, with women used only as plot devices, it is a mindlessly enjoyable and instantly forgettable book. But be warned, the blurb on the back is completely wrong.

Series hero CIA agent Tommy Carmellini is in pursuit of Abu Qasim, the most lethal of all the Al Qaeda lieutenants: racing around exotic locations and racking up an impressive body count the story culminates – naturally – in the USA, with a shootout involving the US President himself. A pulsating page-puller! ( )

Jake Grafton and Tommy Carmallini team together in this spy thriller when they support a group of business people that want to attack the Islamic terrorist Abu Qasim's network. ( )