The Hit
Written by David Baldacci
Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy and Ron McLarty
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About this audiobook
From David Baldacci – number-one best-selling author and one of the world's most popular, widely read storytellers – comes the most thrilling novel of the year.
Will Robie is a master of killing.
A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst – enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming untold numbers of innocent victims.
No one else can match Robie's talents as a hitman...no one, except Jessica Reel. A fellow assassin, equally professional and dangerous, Reel is every bit as lethal as Robie. And now, she's gone rogue, turning her gun sights on other members of their agency.
To stop one of their own, the government looks again to Will Robie. His mission: bring in Reel, dead or alive. Only a killer can catch another killer, they tell him.
But as Robie pursues Reel, he quickly finds that there is more to her betrayal than meets the eye. Her attacks on the agency conceal a larger threat, a threat that could send shockwaves through the U.S. government and around the world.
A Hachette Audio production.
David Baldacci
David Baldacci is one of the world’s bestselling and favourite thriller writers. A former trial lawyer with a keen interest in world politics, he has specialist knowledge in the US political system and intelligence services, and his first book, Absolute Power, became an instant international bestseller, with the movie starring Clint Eastwood a major box office hit. He has since written more than forty bestsellers featuring Amos Decker, Aloysius Archer, Atlee Pine and John Puller. David is also the co-founder, along with his wife, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across the US. Trust him to take you to the action.
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Reviews for The Hit
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Orders are orders, right? Or are they? What is Will Robie to do when he is sent after one of the agents whom he knows well as he has worked with her before. Jessica Reel’s skill set almost matches Robie’s, and he trained her too, so how can he carry out the order and come out alive? She is aware the agency will send the very best after her, but can she kill him, or will she hope he listens to her explanation and revelations?Once again, the plot including the agency, White House and others builds. Who is the face behind the orders given that go against the very foundation of the government? There are those who desire to send America down the tubes and embroil her in an apocalyptic era. Now, how can Robie and Reel prevent what was set in motion years ago, or can they?Who can they trust and how are they going to stay alive? What Reel reveals to Robie is the most astonishing plot. There are many enemies within and without America, but who can these two highly trained and specialized agents trust? There are some characters who are new and others who are, “eliminated”, shall we say?There is so much more to the novel than I share here in my review. It is a very fun novel to read. If you choose to read it as a standalone, you will still enjoy it though I believe some of the characters and plot development will be like missing pieces of a puzzle. Either way enjoy the novel, and then get ready to read the third installment titled, The Target!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Synopsis: There is another person who is as good as Robie and she's after folks on the 'good' side. However, as Robie looks at the situation more closely it becomes apparent that she is on the 'good' side. Blue Man seems to agree.Review: This is the set up for Robie to have a love life.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A book that hits the ground running and never lets up. Two high level government assassins at odds with each other until one convinces the other that a conspiracy is in place--one that reaches higher into the US government than either would like. When they team up, they are all but unstoppable.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5another thrilling Will Robie story. Very good plot and some pretty great twists and turns.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A nice CIA story
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I goofed, I listened to The Hit By David Baldacci without reading or listening to The Innocent first. So at one point I got a little confused about the main character, Will Robie. Because of that I do not think I had enough back story this book. I did enjoy and was very eager to find our what happens next. There was more action than I am used too. That is me though, I have always preferred character development over action scenes. The sound effects were great on the audio version and I admit that I bounced off the sofa more than once. So my heart belongs to the character of Amos Decker in a different series.By the third disc, my confusion vanished and I was able to relax and enjoy the story, I do like the female counterpart, Jessica Reel. I liked that she was strong, determined and an achiever. I don't know if she appears in future stories or not but I very glad that author created her.Oh, I am not telling you about the story but just my reaction to the story. I still want to read or listen to everything David Baldacci writes.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5good read, plot keeps you hooked for the whole book
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An easy novel that you could already see on TV. Rogue, good then rogue again. It makes it enjoyable as an afternoon read.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I listened to this first not realizing it was the 2nd series of Will Robie. I absolutely love the characters. The narrators Ron and Orlagh did an amazing job. The sound effects kept my body tense while listening to this audio. I couldn't stop listening to it.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Faced paced good listen. I really enjoyed the book and the characters. The performance was excellent as always.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Characters were great. They came to life throughout the book
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book takes you through the minds of of those who are on leadership and why you’re executing certain orders. Makes you think more about THE WHY of what you’re doing.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not bad but "The Gift" was a better Robi story
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great story. Always a good part time release from everyday life.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very good read and up to the very high standard that Baldacci sets.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Enjoyed the sparks between the main characters. Very good read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hit man Robie becomes uneasily teamed with hit woman Reel in attempting to head off a high level conspiracy to incite world chaos, and gains some humanity in the process. Not sure I ever figured out who was who, or whether they uncovered everything. Still of course, neverending action.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5great story line enjoyed it look forward to the next
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A fun ride that requires suspense of belief big time. Robie is a superman (James Bond less humor): does not need sleep; speaks foreign languages fluently without accent.
so far, in 2 adventures of Robie i have read, the bad guys are always ahead of the game because there is very high level corruption or mole(s)/traitor(s). it's getting old.
(oh, the female sidekick has ZERO percent fat. be real.)
(good thing is the annoying kid appears minimally & there is no love interest) - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5great read I'm not much of a bookworm but I was taken while reading this book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the 2nd book in the Will Robie. I love this series and to me all the characters seem very real. They are characters that we love and characters that we love to hate. These books are very quick and easy reads with lots of dialogue and short chapters. They are action-packed and full of suspense. The books are very hard to put down once you have started them. This one ended and you can tell that it is leading up to another great read in the series. If you need another great series to read, try this one. It does not disappoint!
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"Moral hit men" are about as cliched as "hookers with a heart of gold". Otherwise, Baldacci always tell an enjoyable story.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book was incredible, I loved it. The strong female lead character partnered with the equally strong male lead, so well written - I'd definitely enjoy seeing this made into a movie but Hollywood wouldn't do it justice. I could picture every scene in stunning detail...I think I found a new favorite author.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book was literally picked by impulse: during my last visit to the library, this "The Hit" was on the shelf of the featured books. On the cover, the marketing messages "# 1 New York Times" and "The thriller of the year - The Times" fulfilled their mission and captured my attention. After reading the synopsis, I thought "Well, I have nothing to lose, and a thriller is usually a nice summer reading. Let's have it!"This is a book of easy reading, that quickly catches the reader's attention. However, the story becomes somewhat less interesting as we move throughout the book. At first, it begins with quite pace, but the author seems to have some difficulties in keeping the rhythm as the pages pile up, with a story that almost crumbles on itself and which becomes quite predictable at the end.Honestly, the initial good impression on the book got blurred over time. Yet, this is still a - let's say it - a nice summer book: to read, to have a good time with it and to let it go.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Este foi um livro literalmente escolhido por impulso: durante a minha última visita à biblioteca, este "O Atentado" estava na estante dos livros em destaque. Na capa, as mensagens de marketing "#1 New York Times" e "O thriller do ano - The Times" cumpriram a sua missão e captaram a minha atenção. Após ler rapidamente a sinopse, lá pensei "Bem, não tenho nada a perder e um thriller é sempre leitura de verão. Bora lá!"Trata-se de um livro de leitura mais ou menos fluída, que rapidamente prende a atenção do leitor, mas é uma atenção que se vai perdendo ao longo do livro. Se é verdade que começa com bastante ritmo, o autor parece que tem dificuldade em mantê-lo à medida que as páginas se acumulam, com uma história que acaba por se enrolar nela própria e afigurar-se bastante previsível no seu final.Confesso que a boa impressão com que fiquei no início do livro se foi esbatendo com o passar do tempo, sem que, com isso, deixe de ser um livro de verão: para ler, passar um bom bocado e já está.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fast paced, fun read. Our hero, Will Robie, is tasked to kill his accomplice and has second thoughts...just like last time! There's plenty of drama as he figures out who's the real bad guy here. As always, Baldacci's writing keeps the reader inside our hero's head. The characters are believable, despite their occupation. There's no apparent theme, it's just a fun novel.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Having only read one other Baldacci novel from a different series, I wasn't aware that Will Robie was a recurring character in some of his novels. As a result, I at first thought Robie was the villain & Jessica Reel the heroine. Once I got straighten around on who was who, I suspected Jessica wasn't the problem the agency had portrayed her to be and she would prove to be on Will's side of the battle.In the novel, there are many sinister men plotting to change the world as we know it and trying to figure out who can be trusted keeps the reader and Jessica & Will busy sorting it out. In essence, a group of men high in USA security offices plan to kill all the leaders of the Middle Eastern powers and replace them with their men and thus change the balance of power in that area so it can be controlled by the US. Of course they are operating without government authority and as our heroes sort it all out, their lives are in danger as well.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5When you pick up a book by David Baldacci you know it's going to be action packed, you know it's going to be a thriller. Well, "The Hit," is no different. Will Robie is assigned to find a "rogue" agent who seems to be decimating the agency by killing key personnel. Is she/he really a rogue or is there any validity to the killings? A few more violent scenes involving deahs where men die like fleas and a surprising finale and you feel the world is a better place at the end of it all.Not a great book but definitely a good book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Remember Will Robie? CIA still does not truly trust him after him going a bit crazy the previous book and uncovering the big conspiracy and saving the world and the president in the aftermath. But he is still the best agent they have and when one of the other killers on their payroll gets crazy and start killing their own people, they send him after her. Jessica Reel, the second best agent in the agency, is on the run - instead of killing who she was told to, she killed the people that were giving her the orders. It looks like she had become a traitor - the big question is who she is working for and how did this happen - she was/is really good after all. But it is a Baldacci novel - chances of this being the whole story are non-existent. And of course it is not - Jessica almost kills Robie a few times, he does start genuinely hunting her but the more he learns the more he starts wondering if she really is a traitor. He knows he was not a traitor when he turned on the agency and even if Reel went after them in a different way, there are way too many similar points. And the game is on - Reel and Robie against the world. And the same way we learned Robie's backstory in the first book, we get the glimpses into Reel's - both of them broken by their families and circumstances, both of them managed to build new lives. It is another good entry in the series. Julie continues being Robie's only family. By the end of the book, a new team is built and Baldacci pulls yet another tale of an assassin with a golden heart that had not forgotten to be human.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When the U.S. Government needs a black op commissioned to rid the world of undesirables and threats, they call on their number 1 hitman, Will Robie. He is effective, deadly and will leave no trace back to him or his handler, the Government. Enter Jessica Reel, a fellow agent; lethal assassin also, nearly as good as Will, and has just gone rogue. Will's instructions are clear - remove the threat of this rogue agent by any and all means, dead or alive, they want her out of commission, permanently.
But there are two sides to every story. Has Jessica really gone rogue, or has someone high up in Government made it look like she's a threat? Things are not what they appear at first glance.
I have nothing but praise for Baldacci's first book, The Innocent, in the Will Robie series and this one is just as good. It has great action and characters and will keep you guessing to the end so sit back and make time to read this book because once you are hooked it will be hard to put down. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hit is an excellent spy novel that keeps one trying to guess who Roger the Dodger really is. One also tries to figure out who is the good guy and who is the bad guy. The book takes place today with believable settings, capers and characters. David Baldacci definitely earned five stars with this review. It is highly recommended if one likes a good spy novel with some gore but no romance.