Clean Kill: A Sniper Novel

Fantastic book. Can't wait for next book to come out. One of the few series I buy in HC.

I enjoy spy novels and this is no exception. Fast paced and interesting, the sniper aspect give a new twist to a my spy novel genre. You won't be dissapointed but start witht he first book.

I read, enjoyed and reviewed the previous Coughlin/Davis novels about Gunnery Sargeant Kyle Swanson. They were five star efforts in my opinion and this one is no less so. There is something intriguing about the workings and life of a sniper and while this book concentrates less on that than the previous ones, it weaves a very believeable tale of international tension and intrigue which involves over time, Saudi Arabia, The United States, Russia and China to varying degrees as there is a plot afoot to take over Saudi Arabia and control of its vast oil fields and the plot, for a time is working really well. An old nemisis from the past returns in this book as an important cog in the plan to overthrow the House of Saud which adds an extra dimension to the story. Vince Flynn fans would appreciate this book and I have noted previously that the Flynn character, Mitch Rapp could take some lessons from Kyle Swanson. This is pretty much nonstop action and intrigue and if you let this one pass you by you will regret it!

This is the third book in this series featuring Kyle Swanson as the hero. He is a deadly skilled Marine sniper. In this newest Israel and Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia are about to sign a peace agreement. The event is going to take place in a castle in Scotland that is owned by Sir Geoffrey Cornwall. The signing ceremony is disrupted by a rocket attack on the castle. There are several fatalities. This triggers an Islamic uprising in Saudi Arabia. Kyle Swanson is dispatched. He winds up saving the lives of Lady Pat,Geoffrey Cornwell, and Abdullah when terrorists attack the medical facility where the three are being treated. It becomes known that Saudi Arabia is in possession of five nuclear devices. The American President sends Kyle Swanson to Saudi Arabia to retrieve the nuclear weapons. The uprising results in the King of Saudi Arabia being killed by a Saudi pilot who has switched sides. The group behing this plot is none other than the Russians led by their President Andrei Vasilivich Ivanov. He is in league with a German banker named Dieter Nesch. The banker Nesch has employed Juba the master sniper who has done battle with Kyle Swanson in the past. They have employed Mohammed Abu Ebara to stir up the Saudi Population. Swanson winds up in several battles trying to find the nuclear weapons. Of course there is a confrontation between Swanson and Juba. This is another excellent by Coughlin. Be sure to read it.

This is the third installment in the Kyle Swanson "A SNIPER NOVEL" series. And of course co-author Jack Coughlin's (USMC retired) autobiography "SHOOTER" defined the authenticity of a sniper "think-tank" that provides the authentic nucleus for this fictionalized series. There's a reason the jargon and action rings truer than most other novels. I am an Honorably Discharged Viet Nam era veteran and can confirm that Coughlin's Swanson... talks the authentic talk... and walks the walk. As the story unfolds Swanson is with his super classified Task-Force-Trident in the "ragged" mountains of Western Pakistan. Trident is involved in "THEIR FOURTH BLACK RAID ON HIDDEN TRAINING CAMPS ACROSS THE BORDER IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS." As per normal operating procedures there is usually only one or two people in the entire United States Government that knows what Trident is up to. Kyle has a direct reporting line to General Bradley Middleton (who Swanson had rescued after the General had been kidnapped and held in Syria in an earlier "SNIPER NOVEL".) and the President of the United States. Both the General and the President can disavow any knowledge of Swanson at any time based on which way the world's political winds happen to be blowing at the moment. Overshadowing Trident's non-existent classified mission is a high level meeting of worldwide leaders at Sir Geoffrey Cornwell's Scottish castle. There are security personnel from five different nations that have been assigned the task of protecting the guests. The goal of this international rendezvous is the signing of an historic peace agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia that would signal the possibility of the long sought establishment of peace in the Mid-East. Among the luminaries attending this world-changing event are the United States Secretary of State... the foreign ministers of Israel and Great Britain... Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia... among others. The host Sir Geoffrey also happens to be the closest thing to a Father figure that Kyle Swanson has ever had. Sir Geoffrey's wife Lady Patricia also has a special place in Kyle's heart. For a hardened career sniper that by circumstance and by trade has no place for... nor any need for... warm and snugly feelings... Kyle's personal love interest... also happens to be Sir Geoffrey's personal assistant... the lovely Delara... who is in charge of all the intricate details of this extravaganza. Before Kyle left on his current mission *WHICH-DIDN'T-EXIST* he had warned Sir Geoffrey that his security precautions weren't good enough. Sir Geoffrey thought it was pure hubris on Kyle's part. On the night of the opening dinner two powerful TOW missiles "with 12.4 kilogram warhead's that were capable of blowing through the armor of a tank" hit the Scotland castle the night of the dinner party. Seventeen people were killed, including the United States Secretary of State and his wife, and the foreign ministers of Israel and Great Britain. Wounded were Prince Ab