The Target by David Baldacci

The Target (Will Robie, #3)

by David Baldacci

The Target is David Baldacci's blockbuster follow up to The Hit, the smash-hit bestseller featuring U.S. government assassin, Will Robie.

A highly trained CIA assassin, Will Robie is only matched in his ability to kill by his fellow agent, Jessica Reel. They are trusted by the US government to succeed when failure isn’t an option.

So when the President identifies an opportunity to take down a global menace there’s only two people he has in mind for the clandestine mission. Their target is the dangerous and unpredictable leader of North Korea, but when things don’t go to plan a fierce retaliation is set in motion.

While Robie and Reel are stalked by a new adversary – sent to destroy the enemy at all costs – a deadly game of cat and mouse is triggered between the East and West. But who will be hunter and who will be hunted when the true target is revealed?

Continue the thrilling series with The Guilty.

Reviewed by Berls on

5 of 5 stars

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If it were an option, I think I would give this 6 stars. My favorite of the series thus far and likely to stay that way -- this book had it all: internal plots and backstabbing, international conflict, personal conflict and development, intrigue and despair.

This was Will Robie and Jessica Real at their best - sure they can do the detective thing and have been forced to at times, but they are not detectives. They are assassins. Top level, bad ass assassins. And unil The Target we haven't fully seen how bad ass they are. Even when their own government, which they are fiercely working for, expects them to deliver but not to survive. On top of that, a startling personal story -- impeccably timed for the book but the WORST timing for Robie and Real -- threatens beloved characters and lets us know one of them even better. It would be an understatement to say I was on the edge of my seat for the entirety of this book.

And yet, what made this book was actually not Will and Jessica. It was a new character - Chung-Cha, North Korean assassin - that stole the show. Her startling and heartbreaking story pulled me in and held me captive. An incredible character who's plot and the way it intertwined with Robbie and Real's plot took this book to the next level.

I can't gush enough but I also do not want to spoil anything - so I'll leave it there, only to add that I once again listened and loved the performance from Ron McLarty (male voices) and Orlagh Cassidy (female voices). A real audio treat!

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