The Time to Kill by Mason Cross
I bought this book for $6 in a Book Grocer sale in Moonee Ponds in October 2017 and read it while spending 3 weeks in Bogota, Colombia, in November 2017. Yes, it's a hard life and someone has to do it.
What I did not know is that this is book 3 of the 4 part 'Carter Blake Series' by Mason Cross. The 4 books are
The Killing Season (2014)
The Samaritan (2015)
The Time to Kill (2016)
Don't Look For Me (2017)
So it was book 3. Yet it was so well written as a standalone book that I did not even have an inkling that there were books preceding it in a series.
The blurb reads as follows
It's been five years since Carter Blake parted ways with top-secret government operation Winterlong. They brokered a deal at the time: he'd keep quiet about what they were doing, and in return he'd be left alone.
But news that one of Blake's old allies, a man who agreed the same deal, is dead means only one thing - something has changed and Winterlong is coming for him.
Emma Faraday, newly appointed head of the secret unit, is determined to tie up loose ends. And Blake is a very loose end. He's been evading them for years, but finally they've picked up his trace. Blake may be the best there is at tracking down people who don't want to be found, but Winterlong taught him everything he knows. If there's anyone who can find him - and kill him - it's them.
It's time for Carter Blake to up his game.
Coming in at 406 pages, it is quite a significant read but it was just so easy to surge through. It's my sort of action book!
It's a thrill a minute ride as Blake attempts to keep one step ahead of the assassins journeying east to his hideaway in New York where surprises await all involved. He is literally unstoppable, intelligent, highly adept at both finding people and keeping himself alive.
I must now source the other 3 books, but read them in order this time!
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