Review: WOW!  What a surprise!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2013
Let me get right to the point.  This is a GREAT trilogy.  I didn't think books about a professional killer would be the kind of genre I would want to read about.  I'm guessing like most of you, books about ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances are what I like.  Sure, I like thrillers with CIA operatives as well as anyone else.  But books where the protagonist is a professional killer?  No way, I thought.(Let me also say right now, I have no association with the author or anyone affiliated with the writing or publishing of this series.)But I'm very happy to say I'm glad I tried the sample first.  Then I purchased the full trilogy.  Like Steve Martin says to Michael Caine in the movie Dirty Rotten Scoundrels when Steve finds Michael's house, WOW!  All I can say is WOW!  This trilogy is so good that I have to tell you I read all 3 books in under 3 days.This author, Derek Haas, knows how to grip you and keep you turning the pages.  Plus, by about half way thru the first book, you are hooked on the main character and are rooting for him to be successful.After the first book, I was trying to figure which author or authors I've read that have similar styles to Haas.  I came up with about 4 and one specific author that is very close in style.  I am of the opinion this is a good thing to be similar and not a bad thing.I think he writes similar to Jeffery Archer; Daniel Baldacci; Vince Flynn; & Nelson Demille.  These authors start right away and don't let up.  But the closest author I will compare him to is Lee Child.  Child's writing prose is terrific. He keeps the story moving even without dialogue.  Haas has a very similar style.