Review: Quite a Hit!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2013
NO, this review is NOT based on just the first 8 chapters. I read the whole book!  (Trying to correct Amazon's Review Computer is very difficult.) If you have NOT read "THE INNOCENT", stop everything and get that book and read it. It is an absolute prerequisit for this book. This picks up where that book leaves off. The complex relationships are developed in "The Innocent" between Robie, Nicole Vance, an FBI agent and Julie Getty, a 14 yr old girl. I gave that five stars just like this one. These are two excellent spy/adventure novels covering the life of a US Assassin. The ads for The Hit tell you Robie is assigned to kill a former top female US Assassin who has gone rogue. In the Innocent we saw that Robie's Agency is not completely "straight" or "on the level" or such. Here that becomes even more clear (if clarity is the proper description). To begin his search for the female assassin, Jessica Reel, he follows directions given him by his agency to her quaint little vacation cottage on the eastern shore of Virginia. He manages to enter the cottage without dying and then leaves it without dying but does get severe burns requiring he see an agency doctor (who embeds a tracking device in his arm). He gets shot at by several people (but not by Jessica, indeed she helps him get away and then he reciprocates...).There is a lot of good action that will keep you interested in this book. The book ends without any major resolution in Robie's love life but we can add Jessica to his field of interest in addition to Nicci. Julie gives Jessica her tentative approval though she still would prefer Nicci. When these two Super Spies save most of the Premiers in the Middle East from a flamming death, the President gives them both the highest medal of commendation available to those in the spy business though neither may live to hang it on a wall. On their final assignment Robies' top boss tries to kill him by putting him in the wrong place for a Middle East assassination (of a bad guy.)The ending is perfect for this type of book - very indefinite. We know Will Robie likes both Nicci and Jessica. He might marry Jessica (who has voiced interest) or Nicci (who has shown romantic interest) in a few weeks (let's see a sequel.) Or one or the other or both may be dead in a few weeks. Robie's top boss just tried to kill him on their joint assignment. Then he "told off" the President's top security advisor. There is little job security in the national security business.  Very Interesting!