The Assassin, Stephen Coonts
The Assassin, Stephen Coonts
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The Assassin
A Tommy Carmellini Novel

Author: Stephen Coonts

Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris

Unabridged: 11 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/05/2008

Synopsis

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?

About Stephen Coonts

This biography could be entitled, West Virginia Boy Becomes a Very Successful Author....... but that would be too obvious. Author, Stephen Coonts was born and raised in Buchanan, West Virginia, a small town of 6,000. He led the typical life of any boy growing up in the 50's and 60's.

He was born in 1946, and ended his childhood by graduating from West Virginia University with a degree in political science. As happens with many poli-sci grads, he had a law degree in mind, but first he served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy and began flight training in Pensacola, Florida.

Coonts received his wings after completion of fleet replacement training in the A-6 Intruder aircraft. After serving in the Vietnam War as an attack fighter, he served as a flight instructor, and did a tour of duty on the USS Nimitz. Upon leaving the Navy, he entered the University of Colorado School of Law. After receiving his law degree, he moved back to West Virginia to practice for a couple of years. But, his career took him back to Colorado where he specialized in oil and gas law.

Finally, in 1986, he published his first novel, Flight of the Intruder, which became a huge success, being on the New York Times bestseller list in hardcover. Later, a movie by the same title was produced based on his novel, and was released nationally in 1991. All of his books have been published in several different countries.

Currently, Coonts lives in Colorado with his third wife, Deborah, He continues to write novels from Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike on March 11, 2015

Another page turner from Stepen Coonts! This book is very enjoyable and entertaining. It kept me up late two nights and was worth it!!......more

Goodreads review by Randall on January 28, 2014

Gave up, not interested enough to try to finish the story. Started well, but got bogged down by odd switch to first person of ex-thief Tommy Carmellini, whose inner thoughts offer no fresh perspective. If the author maintained 3rd person and just let us observe his thoughts instead of getting inside......more

Goodreads review by Ace on August 14, 2013

Where to start, where to start. The writing. Didn't like it. Too self-conscious. Too creative writing 101. And what can be more trite than to call TV commentators "talking heads." And, it's politically naive. And biased. In passing, the author claims that the idea that there were WMDs in Iraq wasn't......more

Goodreads review by Brett on February 09, 2012

Finished "The Assassin" by Stephen Coonts. One of these days I will figure out where to look and see that a book is part of a series. I don't recall the cover saying anything about it being the third in a line. Anyway, since I skipped the first two books, take this with a grain of salt. I wasn't ove......more

Goodreads review by Pete on January 07, 2016

The novel moves along at a good pace with adequate suspense and drama throughout. Unfortunately the plot lacks logic in many places and gets downright silly on a couple of occasions (ie. murder by icicle). Character development beyond the Tommy Carmellini figure is razor thin, and as a result, reade......more

Quotes

“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

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