The Assassin: A Tommy Carmellini Novel

Written 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?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Aug 5, 2008
• ISBN: 9781593979607

Stephen Coonts

As a naval aviator, Stephen Coonts flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. A former attorney and the author of eight New York Times bestselling novels,he resides with his wife and son in Maryland. He maintains a Web site at www.coonts.com.

Reviews for The Assassin

[remyextra · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excellent. I have been reading Stephen Coonts since his earliest books. He has been a master of style, changing subjects along the way, but always making them interesting and entertaining. I’ve even enjoyed his foray into the flying saucer adventures for Young Adults. They reminded me of the early Robert Heinlein or Asimov books.
Conclusion: Mr Coonts is one heck of a storyteller, which to me is the highest accolade one can give to an author of fiction.

[deldevries · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Nice adventure with enough twists and turns to keep turning the pages. Good characters.

[jimgysin_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The last (that I'm aware of) Jake Grafton novel. Decent, and it was nice to catch up with some "old friends," but there really wasn't anything at all new here to make it stand out. "Serviceable" comes to mind.

[buffalogr · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Draws on recent headlines--terrorist threat, presidential support, bad guys and shoot-em-up. Carmelini skulks around and does plants sneaky wires, Grafton is inscrutable as ever. Grafton's wife is an incredible woman, enduring hardships beyond those of mortal women. The book is politically naive, but who could write an enjoying and excitable book with our gutless politicians. I could not believe what I was reading when one of the victims is murdered by an icicle. Enjoyable and forgettable book.

[kaulsu · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

It has been too long since I read this kind of novel...or maybe not long enough. It absolutely is NOT my genre! I used to love [Robert Ludlam] and [John Le Carre]--could it be that Coonts is not of the same calibre or that I am not as gullible or as easily amused?

[amacmillen_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Jake Grafton and Tommy Carmallini team together in this spy thriller when they support a group of business people that want to attack the Islamic terrorist Abu Qasim's network.

[wbentrim · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The Assassin by by Stephen CoontsJake Grafton is back! Once again Coonts creates a cliff hanger that you really don’t want to put down. The reality of terrorism is one of the things that makes this book truly sobering. Tommy Carmellini and Jake Grafton team up to stop a radical Islamic assassin. Truth is stranger than fiction. Much of this book could be true. I understand the feelings of frustration and anger portrayed by the characters when dealing with the mindless fanaticism of terrorists. As in all of Coont’s work, the action rocks and the plot rolls. It moves at warp speed and entertains while in some ways depresses. Once again the only solution to a problem seems to be the application of judicious violence. I recommend the book.