Series: Rogue Warrior #1
Published by Inkubator Books on 5th July 2023
Format: eARC
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Also by this author: Blood Debt
Bob is just another homeless guy. So why is he being hunted by a crack team of assassins?
Bob Singleton used to be a top CIA assassin. Now, scarred by his terrible past, he lives in a refrigerator box behind a dumpster in downtown Chicago.
He just wants to be left alone. But his past is coming back to haunt him, in the shape of a nurse and a teenage boy who desperately need his help.
They are being pursued by trained killers because they stumbled on a long-buried conspiracy, a secret that is tied to a failed mission in Bob’s military past.
Now they need Bob to protect them. The old Bob, the one who fearlessly put his enemies in the ground.
Bob sees a chance to discover the truth about what happened all those years ago. Can he redeem himself, and honor the sacrifice of the men who died?
To do so, he must use the same deadly skills that made him a legend in his day. Skills he had sworn he would never use again….
The first thing I thought of with this book is Jack Reacher. I thought Lee Child’s ruined this genre for everyone as I mean come on it’s Jack, he’s untouchable – even if we are still on a break. However, in walks Bob Singleton. We follow the formula for the genre however, there is something endearing about Bob. Maybe it’s the name.
Despite being a long book, I don’t feel like I have connected with Bob as much as I have with the likes of Jack Reacher or Tom Rollins (series by Paul Heatley). I feel he’s quite aloof, which he is, and there is more than meets the eye. It was a tough book for him, as we learn of the losses and betrayal.
I did guess who the betrayer would be from the beginning, but the author does a great job of trying to throw you off the scent. It was only as we were nearer the end of the book that things were not adding up… We find out why.
It’s the first book in a promising new series and it’s one I will keep up with, hopefully, my love for Bob will grow and I become more attached to him. I just felt with this book we were going through the motions rather than attaching any emotions to the characters. The writing is solid and wants to make you read on, even with the little lag in the middle. It had enough interest for me to want to find out who was behind everything and why.
Until next time xxx
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