Agent in Place by Mark Greaney

Fresh off his first mission back with the CIA, Court Gentry secures what seems like a cut-and-dried contract job: A group of expats in Paris hires him to kidnap the mistress of Syrian dictator Ahmed Azzam to get intel that could destabilize Azzam's regime

What do I even say here? Violator is the man. This is one of my favorite characters to read and I just can't get enough of it! Without spoiling anything, just know, if you've made it this far in the series you won't be disappointed with this installment.

The Gray Man novels are among my favorite books I've ever read, and among the few books I have read more than once. After Dead Eye (book 4) I thought the series was over, then when Back Blast came out (3 years after the previous book) I was ecstatic. As books 5, 6, and 7 came out I was pleasantly surprised at each.

After having just finished Agent in Place, however, my only thought is “please just stop”. This book (to me at least) seemed like Mark Greaney's attempt at dragging out the series. Court did nothing overly spectacular or interesting, and the story focused far too much on side characters that did not need to be focused on at all. I still liked it overall and in deference to the first 6 books I gave it 3 stars, but the series needs a drastic overhaul or an end.

Personally I would like to have a final book where Court dies - perhaps doing something incredible.

The assassin with a moral code. It makes for a compelling protagonist. A man willing to pull the trigger if it's for the right reason. This time around, he'll have to take a couple of the good guys to make it far enough to end the really big bad one. Absolutely a job for the Gray Man.