Hostile Takeover: A John Lago Thriller
Written by Shane Kuhn
Narrated by Pete Simonelli
4/5
()
About this audiobook
At the end of The Intern’s Handbook, John tracks down his nemesis Alice but instead of putting a bullet in her head, he puts a ring on her finger and marries her. Together, they execute a hostile takeover of Human Resources, Inc., the “placement agency” that trains young assassins to infiltrate corporations disguised as interns and knock off high profile targets. As HR’s former top operatives, they are successful until conflicting management styles cause an ugly breakup that locks John out of the bedroom and the boardroom.
Then Alice takes on a new HR target, and John is forced to return to the office battlefield in a role he swore he would never play again: the intern. What starts out as a deadly showdown turns into the two of them fighting side by side to save HR, Inc.—and their marriage.
“Those who like Dexter will love John Lago” (Booklist), and this in this suspenseful sequel to The Intern’s Handbook, author Shane Kuhn’s wildly clever antihero needs to use all his wits to land on top. “Far grittier than a Bond film and infused with the mind-bending, identity-shifting elements of, say, Mission: Impossible, Hostile Takeover is fun, smart, and jam-packed with serious splatter and gore. Lago’s canny shenanigans will keep you riveted, from its taut opening pages to its explosive, cinematic ending” (The Boston Globe).
Shane Kuhn
Shane Kuhn is a writer, director, and producer with twenty years of experience working in feature films, documentaries, and advertising. He is a cofounder and executive board member of the Slamdance Film Festival, and a member of the Writer’s Guild of America. He lives in Colorado and works as Vice President of Creative Services for a San Francisco-based media and special events company. He is the author of The Asset, The Intern’s Handbook, bought for film by Sony Pictures, and Hostile Takeover, the second book in his John Lago intern-assassin thriller series.
More audiobooks from Shane Kuhn
The Asset Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Intern's Handbook: A Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Hostile Takeover
Related audiobooks
Quantico Rules Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Time to Die Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kill for Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Private Sector Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Final Hour Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tom Clancy's The Division: Hunted Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSavage Road Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spycatcher Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Target Rich Environment: Volume 1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Enemy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Tomorrow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Spy by Nature: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Spymaster Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hard Cold Winter: A Van Shaw Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Man in the Middle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Agents of Innocence: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kingmaker Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aphrodite Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Darkest Day Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Names of the Dead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Midas Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Network: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Shadow Intelligence Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An American Spy: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5First Kill: A Kirk McGarvey Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shadow War: A Tom Locke Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Luther: The Calling Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Exchange: A Dylan Thomas Thriller Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Moscow Sting Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Thrillers For You
The Teacher Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Housemaid Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Perfect Marriage: a completely gripping psychological suspense Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Troop Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Guest List: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mr. Mercedes: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Inmate Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silent Patient Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hidden Pictures: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Never Lie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fairy Tale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Huntress: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunting Party: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Flicker in the Dark: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Holly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dragon Teeth: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Billy Summers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bright Young Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Terminal List: A Thriller Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The It Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Local Woman Missing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fool Me Once Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perfect: A Thriller That Will Grab You By Your DNA Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Turn of the Key Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dead Zone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Hostile Takeover
28 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If you liked The Intern's Handbook (which I did) then you'll probably also like this second book in the series about John Lago, because the two books are very similar. Each is told from the pov of John, a professional assassin, who describes his past and current assignments. John is now married to Alice, his nemesis from the first book. One problem for me was that I didn't really care for that whole relationship thing in the prior book, but I learned to live with it here. In this book, John is telling an FBI agent the story of how he and Alice came to take over the assassination enterprise for which they both worked in the first book. These books have a very dark and amusing style. There are cartoon-like action sequences with elaborately choreographed fights that are tailor-made for movies, which I assume is where these books are headed. The writing is so over the top and stylized that it is obviously not intended to be taken seriously. Of course this book is not as novel or surprising as the first one. However, the reader is still treated to occurrences like an apartment seeker who leaps from rooftop to rooftop in Manhattan until he just happens to find an apartment with a conveniently deceased inhabitant (detectable by "the sweet stench of rot"). That's pretty original. I have no idea whether the author intends to continue with this series, but I hope he does. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5John Lago is back! He finds his archenemy Alice, declares his love for her, they marry in what can only be described as not a fairy tale wedding, and move to take over John’s former employer’s business – Human Resources, Inc. – in a not subtle takeover. Of course the business of assassinations comes with conflict, and soon the newlyweds discover they have different styles of management that leads to all our war. However, they are the victims of an elaborate scheme where they are goaded into fighting to the death. Will love win out or will they kill each other? This was a fun read. Kuhn has one crazy imagination!