Three Hitmen and a Baby is the best reading experience you can have while watching assassins try not to kill anyone while simultaneously being out of their depth taking care of a little girl. Rob Hart delivers another enjoyable, intriguing and unputdownable thriller that should not be missed.
One of the members of Assassins Anonymous, a recovery group for reformed killers, must go to LA to save her brother from a dangerous gang. So she leaves her young girl with the other members who have offered to help. But everything goes sideways when the girl gets a high fever and these elite hitters go to an urgent care facility, where the staff suspects the girl has been kidnapped. Meanwhile, the leader of this chapter of Assassins Anonymous is summoned to pay a debt to the Russian mob, one that he has no intention of following through on. Now on the run from the police, the Russians and every surveillance camera in New York, these former hitmen must keep their wits about them and figure out the right moves without throwing away the sobriety they work so hard to maintain.
This is such a fantastic and clever series. Thrillers featuring assassins who won’t kill despite the temptation of taking the easy way out and using their lethal skillsets to get out of one jam after another. But this unlikely family of killers in recovery continues to support each other and do what’s necessary to carry the day without intentionally leaving dead bodies in their wake. And when someone dies during whatever situation they get themselves into, the self-reflection and conversation about whether or not it’s their fault is unique and refreshing in a genre filled with unrepentant operators and hitmen.
In this latest installment, these deep, contemplative and deadly characters are put to the test in ways that challenge their commitment to the program at a higher level than they’ve experienced before. With children and families in the mix, it would be simple start killing everything that stands in their way. But they look for ways to reign victoriously with non-lethal means. Making it harder on themselves, upping the intensity of operations and significantly increasing the likelihood of their own death. Which makes for some fantastic reading. Including some cool ass weaponry you won’t see in any other assassin-featured thriller.
With Three Hitmen and a Baby, Rob Hart delivers a third straight banger in this distinctive, entertaining and pulse-pounding series. It’s well constructed, brilliantly executed, emotionally gripping, and fun as hell.
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