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The hit

Baldacci, David. (Author).

Summary: "Will Robie is a master of killing. A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst-enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming untold numbers of innocent victims. No one else can match Robie's talents as a hitman...no one, except Jessica Reel. A fellow assassin, equally professional and dangerous, Reel is every bit as lethal as Robie. And now, she's gone rogue, turning her gun sights on other members of their agency. To stop one of their own, the government looks again to Will Robie. His mission: bring in Reel, dead or alive. Only a killer can catch another killer, they tell him. But as Robie pursues Reel, he quickly finds that there is more to her betrayal than meets the eye. Her attacks on the agency conceal a larger threat, a threat that could send shockwaves through the U.S. government and around the world."

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  • ISBN: 9781455521302 (mass market pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781455521173 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781455521210 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 392 p. ; 24cm.
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2013.
  • Badges:
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 2 / 5.0

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Genre: Suspense fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Alert Bay Public Library.

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  • Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2014 October #2
    Steel-jawed John Puller is back for another round with the bad guys in Baldacci's latest action thriller.Puller's equally virile and handsome brother, Robert, an Air Force major, is serving time in the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, following his conviction on charges of treason. As the book opens, he performs a seemingly impossible escape from his cell. John, an investigator with the CID, the Army's investigative arm, is charged by an odd coalition of three powerful men—a one-star Air Force general, a three-star Army general and a representative of the National Security Council—with the improbable task of finding his brother. Robert, though, isn't waiting to be caught. He's changed his appearance, hacked into a national database, bought a car and headed out to clear himself. Standing in his way is the mysterious fact that an unidentified dead body has been found in his recently vacated cell. While John and his disgraced brother go at the case from different angles, another investigator also comes into play. Capt. Veronica Knox teams up with a reluctant John, looking for his brother and piecing together the method behind his escape, even though it's soon apparent that many others are also on his trail. Not surprisingly, John and Knox engage in a lot of pre-romantic verbal fencing and meaningful looks. But though the action is fast and furious, the characters never rise beyond the stereotypical. The good guys are predictably skilled, noble and racing against time, while their opposites exude evil. Baldacci punches up the action but often drifts into painfully stilted dialogue and pointless wardrobe descriptions. A book that will entertain some readers but won't linger after the final page. Copyright Kirkus 2014 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.
  • Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2014 June #1

    Following Zero Day and The Forgotten, here's the third novel featuring army special agent John Puller, who takes on the nation's most problematic cases. No plot details yet, but lots of promo for the multi-million-copy best-selling Baldacci's latest. With a 500,000-copy first printing.

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  • LJ Express Reviews : LJ Express Reviews
    Military investigator John Puller returns in his third compelling thriller (after Zero Day and The Forgotten), but this time the circumstances are personal. Puller's brother, Robert, rots away in an impregnable military prison after committing treason. A power outage inside the compound enables Robert to escape, a first in the facility's history. John, against all protocol, is tasked with finding out how his brother broke out without being seen and recapturing him. Teamed with another agent he cannot trust, Puller soon uncovers a vast conspiracy that leads to Robert's possible innocence. Can John stay alive long enough to prove it? Verdict Baldacci has written another amazing tale that will captivate his fans along with readers who just love great suspense. The surprises are frequent and the family dynamics compelling. This is the best one in the Puller series, and one of Baldacci's better novels, period. [See Prepub Alert, 5/12/14.]—Jeff Ayers, Seattle P.L. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
  • Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2014 September #5

    In bestseller Baldacci's clever third John Puller thriller (after 2012's The Forgotten), the chief warrant officer faces his most difficult and most personal assignment yet. Puller's older brother, Robert, a former major in the USAF, is a convicted traitor serving a life sentence in Leavenworth. A seemingly impossible chain of events ends with Robert escaping and a corpse left in his cell. A trio of high-placed officials, Army, Air Force, and National Security, go against normal protocol, and charge Puller with finding and arresting Robert. Puller has to figure out the identity of the dead man found in his brother's cell, as well as who enabled Robert to escape. To add to his problems, he's not sure he can trust the Army Intelligence agent assigned to work with him, Veronica Knox. The Puller brothers are in deep trouble, and it will take all their ingenuity and skills just to survive. Baldacci handles the complex plot with consummate ease as the Pullers navigate nearly endless surprises. (Nov.)

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  • PW Annex Reviews : Publishers Weekly Annex Reviews

    In bestseller Baldacci's clever third John Puller thriller (after 2012's The Forgotten), the chief warrant officer faces his most difficult and most personal assignment yet. Puller's older brother, Robert, a former major in the USAF, is a convicted traitor serving a life sentence in Leavenworth. A seemingly impossible chain of events ends with Robert escaping and a corpse left in his cell. A trio of high-placed officials, Army, Air Force, and National Security, go against normal protocol, and charge Puller with finding and arresting Robert. Puller has to figure out the identity of the dead man found in his brother's cell, as well as who enabled Robert to escape. To add to his problems, he's not sure he can trust the Army Intelligence agent assigned to work with him, Veronica Knox. The Puller brothers are in deep trouble, and it will take all their ingenuity and skills just to survive. Baldacci handles the complex plot with consummate ease as the Pullers navigate nearly endless surprises. (Nov.)

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