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The Hit
Author: David Baldacci

Publisher: Pan Macmillan India
ISBN: 9781447229902
Pages: 432
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A story of assassins should be good. A story of assassins aiming at each other should be even better. To add to this, when David Baldacci writes something on these lines, the book is screaming for the reader’s attention and time. Will Robie, an American Government assassin is back with a bang in Baldacci’s latest book, “The Hit”.


Will Robie has to kill his former colleague Jessica Reel. Jessica has turned rogue on the agency and her targets are her former colleagues. She will also not be that easy to kill. She has been a part of the system and knows it all – from strategy to how not to be a soft target. At the end of the day, it takes a killer to catch another killer. Robie sets his traps and the action begins. The other twist is but obviously the reason Jessica wants to kill and the reason why Will has to kill her.


The book focuses on betrayal, loyalty, friendship and more than anything else, it tries to not get lost in the regular good vs. evil, which could be the danger in such a book. Over all, The Hit does not disappoint at all. It takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride, with a lot of action thrown in.



The Hit is a fast paced and thrilling read about Will Robie, a hitman, and his assigned mission to kill one of his own kind that has gone rogue. A hitman is a highly skilled assassin and in this book it is one killer in search of another. Will he be able to catch and kill a fellow assassin who is just as skilled as him.

Summary of the Book

The story is about Will Robie who is a trained assassin and is called by the US Government when they need to eliminate or kill anyone they think is an enemy of the country. He is given the assignment of killing a fellow assassin, Jessica Reel, who has supposedly turned rogue and is causing blood shed everywhere she goes. She is targeting other members of the agency and so she must be eliminated. As she is just as good and skilled a killer as Robie, he must be extra cautious.
However, when he does get the chance to see her face to face he realizes that there is a reason behind her sudden betrayal. Some realization that is a threat and could be shocking to the US Government and the world.