The Killer

Victor the Assassin Series, Book 1

De: Tom Wood

Narrado por: Rob Shapiro

Forget James Bond. Forget Jason Bourne. Forget Jack Bauer.

Meet Victor. He's an assassin - a man with no past and no surname. He lives alone. He operates alone. He's given a job; he takes out the target; he gets paid. He's The Killer.

Victor arrives in Paris to perform a standard kill and collect for an anonymous client. He completes it with trademark efficiency - only to find himself in the middle of an ambush and fighting for his life. Pursued by determined enemies, a woman too beautiful to be safe, and intelligence agencies from both sides of the Atlantic, Victor will soon discover there is nowhere left for him to hide...and no one he can trust. But he is every bit as ruthless as those hunting him. And Victor will find out who wants him dead and why - one corpse at a time.

©2010 Tom Hinshelwood (P)2013 Tantor

Reseñas de la Crítica

"A superlative fiction debut.... Nonstop action that veers and twists from one ferocious gun battle, double cross, and betrayal to the next.... Thriller fans will be eager to see more from this bright new talent." ( Publishers Weekly)

Victor just may be my top draft pick...

Any additional comments?

Victor just may be my top draft pick in my fantasy paintball tournament. Rapp, Hawke, Reacher, Wells, Allon, Ryan, Harvath, Malone. If you know these guys, you will like this book. Engaging from the start.

Orphan X + The Grey Man - a conscience = Victor

Fast paced and well delivered. The action is so quick you don't have time to look at it critically. But the action is self sustaining with no need for "Q" (a la James Bond) cute toys or sub-characters who come up with necessary unique skill specialties.

When I bought this book, I was concerned there would be some moral justification for the killer's mindset or some heart-tugging explanation for why Victor does what he does. But there is none of that. He is a man who kills people, and, when the tables are turned, it happens that lots of people want to kill him and he doesn't really know why. Certainly there is a subtext (actually several) for why, but this book is driven by what happens, not why.

No big moral hand wringing. No flash back justifications. No looking into the mind or background of our anti-hero. Just action. My kind of book.

fantastic

fantastic all around, that's all there is to it. 15 words are required in a review so blah blah blah blah

Action Without Suspense

The first 3/4 of the book was slow for me. It started out with action, but after that the story felt tedious. The last 1/4 of the book was much better. The story finally began tying together with the action instead of just one fight scene after another. Hence the 4 stars for the story.

There were a lot of characters in the book most of whom were bad. There is not much back story on Victor, the main character, but maybe that will happen as the series progresses. I found myself rooting for Victor even though he was a killer without a conscience. As other reviewers have noted, the car chase was way too long. It seemed like it was written for a screenplay and not a book.

The narration was slow and I usually think most narrators go too fast. I had to speed up the book 3 times. The narrator has a nice voice that fits the characters but there was something flat about his reading. I couldn't tell if it was the writing or the narration but I felt like he was reading step by step instructions on how to put something together. It just didn't work for me.

Overall, I would recommend this book if you like this genre. I don't think it's as good as some of the reviews have indicated, but it is the first book in the series. Sometimes a series really takes off after the first book. I do plan to read the second book to see if this series does that, especially after the ending of this book.

This is my first time reading this author. It was

so much fun. The action was non stop and the story while exaggerated, was a good ride of adventure.

Fast paced page turner!

Loved it! The narration was great and did a great job pronouncing various accents and voices for different characters. The book was great and I found myself not wanting to hit pause!

Fast paced thriller

victor is a bad man, with a good heart. will be interested to see where story line goes. great narration and good tale.

Time Killer (see what I did there lol)

What did you love best about The Killer?

It kept my attention during the 12 hour drive up to Grand Rapids.

What did you like best about this story?

Just enough action to keep it interesting but not so much that it became totally implausible.

Have you listened to any of Rob Shapiro’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Possibly, but I listen to a lot of books, and I can't remember for sure.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

YES!

Any additional comments?

Tom, keep them coming!

Waited for it to end. You

It caught my attention in the beginning but by around chapter 70, I just read it get through it. The story was okay, but the narrator left a lot to be desired and sort if contributed to the story lagging. I would not read more books by this narrator, and as for books by this author...it's a toss up. I'll pass on recommending this one. There are so many wonderful books out there in this genre for you to read instead. Happy Reading!

Very well done !!

Met my expectations
Best part the last battle
Great narrator
Thank you for your hard work and balanced story line