On Target: A Gray Man Novel

This is the second Mark Greaney I have read and I think he is a good author BUT he doesn't think his writing through carefully enough. All thriller/crime writers need a bit of poetic licence but his imagination runs riot. Firstly, he has an interesting character in Gentry who is supposedly a highly trained operative/sniper come hitman but he actually writes him as a fit but bumbling, stumbling fool who you would not let near a gun or ask to make a decision and as for finding a friend....! Secondly, we once again have his hero taking far too much damage in too short a space of time to achieve what he does which allied to the first item, makes him something of a cartoon character who keeps getting knocked over or blown up but dusts himself down and carries on. To me he needs to tighten the writing, reel in his imagination and smooth out his hero so he can get some longevity out of him.

The fight scenes. The politics of the region where Court finds himself are precisely described( not that I know anything about world politics). His relationship with Ellen when he spoke to her on the phone( towards the end of the book) is gentle and considerate and showed his gentle side indicate to me , through Mark's brilliant dialogue, just how

Enjoyed it.Characters are good and it trots a long at a reasonable speed.Plot is good and I enjoyed it although perhaps have had a slight overdose of the Grey Man.Would read though and works as a stand alone book.You don't need to have read the others.

I read the first one and have just finished this and they do seem to be getting better but lots missed out for the sake of poetic licence. This one sees Court throw in his lot with the Russians and then with the CIA whilst in Sudan. So much detail is great and really adds to the story but when an injury is threatening his life we never find out where he went to recuperate, how he managed to get to where he ended up but a side that shows him human will hopefully pop up in the next one which I am about to order so can't be that bad!

Story jumps too quickly without meat on the bone,not very believable.Cannot recommend as a great read.Hope his next book is better than this.

If you like Victor the Assassin and Mitch Rapp, you'll like these books. I couldn't put it down. And I subsequently bought all the other books and binged on them

A very good roll over to the first book, could not put down

I have read the five books in the series. Court Gentry is a lone assassin, who has wrongly been disavowed by the CIA. They are so fast paced and brilliantly written that I find I'm reading way past midnight! And get better and more exciting with each book. I cannot wait for the latest in the series due this year 2017. If you like the Mitch Rapp and Ryan Drake books, you will love this series, I think it's the best I've read so far of this genre.