The Assassin

After reading this book, I felt like I just watched a mediocre action movie. The book is an easy and interesting read, but some disconnects and unnecessary sub-plots and characters. I didn't really understand why they were in there. I felt the author was in a rush to finish the book and didn't take the time to develop the main plot fully enough, and went on some unnecessary side plots. Anyway, the book is not the best and not the worse either. Just okay; get it from the library, don't purchase a copy. By the way, I also thought the book was incorrectly titled. I was expecting something different...an assassin doing assassin type work, not a "CIA" agent, doing CIA type work.

I've known about this book for some time but it just showed up at Wal-Mart Christmas week (never saw it any place else). Anxious to read it, I've been a big fan of Mr. Largent since I read The Lake. At first I was reluctant to try the T.C. Bogner books but found I liked them after reading Red Ice. In this one, the story moves well and I like all the references to Turkey and the Turkish language. Since I lived in Turkey for 5 years, I can relate to a lot of the Turkish references he makes in the story. But I also found a few glaring misspellings that I am sure are merely typos the editor did not catch because he or she wouldn't know the difference in the first place! But there was one major technical error the editor should have caught and it had to do with the size of the bad guy's compound. I do not fault Mr. Largent as much for that as I am a writer also, and when you read and reread your work so many times, you tend to miss things that a second set of eyes should catch. There were also a few regular misspellings too (non-Turkish).The reason I gave this work a 4 is for the technical errors/misspellings. Otherwise, I loved the story and found it quite engaging. The only other thing I didn't like was one of the characters that died in the end. I really wished the guy (let's just say a foreigner) had survived.Great story, Mr. Largent. Time to kick your editor in the... well... never mind.

This is another excellent novel by R. Karl Largent. Plenty of action from the beginning to the end. Recommended reading for action/spy readers.