This is an intriguing novel about a CIA assassin, who has
been tapped to hunt down and kill another CIA assassin, Jessica Reel.
As the story opens, Jessica has just killed her CIA handler
and is on the hunt for another highly placed CIA individual and other highly
placed government officials. Will begins
his assignment methodically and nearly dies in a booby trap while hunting for
Jessica.
Mr. Baldacci does a remarkable job of describing his stone
cold killer characters in flat, objective terms which furhter enhance the flat,
not-nonsense personalities of the characters.
As the story develops, Will discovers information which
leads him to believe that there is more to the story that meets the eye and
there is the interaction between him and Jessica which develops through a
series of text messages.
If there is any criticism about this book, I would suggest
that the “big conspiracy” unearthed during the story would need further
definition.
