"The Hit" by David Baldacci is a HIT!

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.

I still give it five stars and recommend the bookand other books by  David Baldacci


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