The Assassin

A Tommy Carmellini Novel

By: Stephen Coonts

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

From Stephen Coonts comes a novel of high octane excitement, featuring Tommy Carmellini in his most dangerous mission yet: The Assassin.

In the finale of Coonts's last novel The Traitor, the ruthless and brilliant Al Qaeda leader who nearly succeeded in blowing up a meeting of the Group of 7 in Paris slipped the noose and escaped. But Abu Qasim has another trick up his sleeve: he has offered to pay a the Mafia a fortune to help him bring New York to its knees.

The CIA learns that something is up and a worried president sends his best—Jake Grafton and his secret weapon, Tommy Carmellini. Tommy is soon in grave danger as he tries to piece the deadly puzzle together. Set amidst ticking bombs and flying bullets, the stakes have never been higher. Will Tommy put it all together in time t stop the disaster? Or will the terrorists set events in motion that will leave America reeling?

Critic reviews

“Only a gifted performer could bring such an incredible story to life and, equally important, make it believable. Dennis Boutsikaris is the right man for the job. He provides realistic accents for the colorful characters that abound ...Incredible!” —AudioFile on The Assassin

“...[Boutsikaris's] performance is wonderfully restrained, and he deftly fuses narration and reportage.” —Library Journal on The Assassin

“Dennis Boutsikaris packs his presentation with a dazzling variety of accents and characters of both genders. However, he is at his best as Carmellini. Boutsikaris provides a unique vocal identity with an expression and tempo that match Tommy's wiseacre attitude.” —AudioFile on The Traitor, Winner of the Earphones award for truly exceptional presentations

Great story

Loved it. Have been a Coonts fan since Flight of the Intruder. He doesn't disappoint.

An okay story

The story is just okay, nothing to peak your interest...just a middle of the road. The author seemed to write by a cookie cutter foremat for spy storied and employed any outside the box thinking. Other than that if you are bored and have nothing else to read, and you don't mind having to restart the story because you tend to nod off or day dream while the reader is reading this might be a book to listen to while you sleep. When you wake you'll have a completed book

I wonder what it would be like

If you enjoy football this is a great book. All of us at one time or another would like to know what it would be like to kick the game winning field goal. Stefan Fatsis does an outstanding showing the business and real side of pro football, at the same time competing as a kicker. He gives you the view from the inside of training camp, not just observing it as a writer, he got to live and experience pressure a player feels. I will listen to this book again.

Disappointing

I have enjoyed the other Jake Grafton/Tommy Carmalita books. In this one however, there is too much idle talk and the suspense is created almost exclusively through the stupidity of the protagonists. Every time the suspense builds they do the dumbest things. No plan, no situational awareness and Tommy gets distracted at every wrong moment.

Fantastic!

Another excellent novel by Stephen Coonts! great pacing and definitely a page turner. Lots of action and intrigue along the way and several surprises. Carmellini and Grafton are a great pair of characters. I started with The Russia Account and Liberty's Last Stand then started at the beginning with Liars and Theives. Working me way through and can't stop listening and reading. Cool to see some foreshadowing in characters in the early books of things to come much later on. He definitely had a big picture in mind when he started these character arcs. Coonts is an excellent writer and I highly recommend!