The Killing Season - Mason Cross
Action thriller that ticks all the boxes, and more... I'm not saying The Killing Season is a great book or in any way original. It's not. If however all you're looking for is a heart-pounding action-thriller that has you hooked from the beginning and has enough credible twists and thrills along the way, this is as good as it gets. Credible being the operative word, and you don't often get that in books of this kind. The Killing Season is the first Carter Blake novel by Mason Cross. No, there's nothing that stands out from the title or the fairly anonymous name of the lead character. Nor is there anything that jumps out at you as fresh or original about the nature of this particular thriller. Blake is another silent assassin/killer-for-hire whose background is mostly a mystery, and he's not the kind of man to give out much information about himself. He is however good enough at his job to be engaged by the FBI to track down a serial killer sniper who has escape...