🗡️ Retired Assassin

They left the killing life behind—but the killing life didn't get the memo. These stories pit lethal skill against the desperate desire for peace, with the past always one knock away.

Assassins Anonymous

by Rob Hart • 2024

A hitman steals a recovering assassin's amends notebook, forcing him back to the underworld he fled.

3.88

12k+

🩹 Addiction Recovery 👪 Found Family 🖤 Dark Redemption

Assassins Anonymous 90%

A hitman steals a recovering assassin's amends notebook, forcing him back to the underworld he fled.

by Rob Hart 2024

3.88

12k+ ratings

🩹 Addiction Recovery 👪 Found Family 🖤 Dark Redemption

Midnight Black

by Mark Greaney • 2025

Betrayed mid-air, a covert operative fights across Europe to rescue his handler's kidnapped family.

4.62

14k+

🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🕵️ Rogue Agent 💥 Tactical Action

Midnight Black 89%

Betrayed mid-air, a covert operative fights across Europe to rescue his handler's kidnapped family.

by Mark Greaney 2025

4.62

14k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Protagonist 🕵️ Rogue Agent 💥 Tactical Action

Orphan X

by Gregg Hurwitz • 2016

Raised to kill, he now rescues strangers. A kidnap case leads his creators straight to him.

4.14

57k+

🎯 Assassin Thriller 🕵️ Covert Operative 🔫 Rogue Agent

Orphan X 89%

Raised to kill, he now rescues strangers. A kidnap case leads his creators straight to him.

by Gregg Hurwitz 2016

4.14

57k+ ratings

🎯 Assassin Thriller 🕵️ Covert Operative 🔫 Rogue Agent

Killers of a Certain Age

by Deanna Raybourn • 2022

Four aging female assassins discover their retirement cruise is a trap set by their own agency.

3.85

122k+

🗡️ Female Assassins 👵 Older Heroines 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Killers of a Certain Age 88%

Four aging female assassins discover their retirement cruise is a trap set by their own agency.

by Deanna Raybourn 2022

3.85

122k+ ratings

🗡️ Female Assassins 👵 Older Heroines 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Bourne Ultimatum

by Robert Ludlum • 2004

To save his family, a professor must once again become the deadliest assassin alive.

4.08

68k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📁 Covert Operations 🎭 Dual Identity

The Bourne Ultimatum 88%

To save his family, a professor must once again become the deadliest assassin alive.

by Robert Ludlum 2004

4.08

68k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📁 Covert Operations 🎭 Dual Identity

Consent to Kill

by Vince Flynn • 2005

After a bomb kills his wife a CIA assassin uncovers a conspiracy from Washington to Riyadh.

4.41

53k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔪 Assassin Thriller 💢 Personal Vendetta

Consent to Kill 88%

After a bomb kills his wife a CIA assassin uncovers a conspiracy from Washington to Riyadh.

by Vince Flynn 2005

4.41

53k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔪 Assassin Thriller 💢 Personal Vendetta

Billy Summers

by Stephen King • 2021

A hitman's last hit needs a writer's disguise. The girl he saves makes him the target.

4.18

199k+

🔫 Hitman Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 👨‍👧 Reluctant Father Figure

Billy Summers 88%

A hitman's last hit needs a writer's disguise. The girl he saves makes him the target.

by Stephen King 2021

4.18

199k+ ratings

🔫 Hitman Thriller 📚 Literary Thriller 👨‍👧 Reluctant Father Figure

Shibumi

by Trevanian • 2005

A legendary assassin's Basque refuge is breached by the global network he spent a lifetime evading.

4.17

20k+

📼 1970s Espionage 🏯 Postwar Japan 🌧️ Melancholy Thriller

Shibumi 88%

A legendary assassin's Basque refuge is breached by the global network he spent a lifetime evading.

by Trevanian 2005

4.17

20k+ ratings

📼 1970s Espionage 🏯 Postwar Japan 🌧️ Melancholy Thriller

Dead Eye

by Mark Greaney • 2013

After killing a Russian mobster, a rogue spy becomes the hunted, pursued by a sociopathic rival.

4.42

23k+

🎯 Assassin Vs Assassin 🕵️ Rogue Operative 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Dead Eye 87%

After killing a Russian mobster, a rogue spy becomes the hunted, pursued by a sociopathic rival.

by Mark Greaney 2013

4.42

23k+ ratings

🎯 Assassin Vs Assassin 🕵️ Rogue Operative 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

The Target

by David Baldacci • 2014

Two assassins survive a brutal CIA purge as a North Korean hit targets the First Family.

4.18

66k+

🗺️ Geopolitical Thriller 🔍 CIA Operatives 🎯 Female Assassin

The Target 87%

Two assassins survive a brutal CIA purge as a North Korean hit targets the First Family.

by David Baldacci 2014

4.18

66k+ ratings

🗺️ Geopolitical Thriller 🔍 CIA Operatives 🎯 Female Assassin

The Bourne Identity

by Robert Ludlum • 1980

An amnesiac follows his only clue, a numbered bank account, into the sights of an infamous assassin.

4.05

442k+

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔪 Assassin Protagonist

The Bourne Identity 87%

An amnesiac follows his only clue, a numbered bank account, into the sights of an infamous assassin.

by Robert Ludlum 1980

4.05

442k+ ratings

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔪 Assassin Protagonist

The English Spy

by Daniel Silva • 2015

A yacht bomb kills a princess. A retired spy hunts the Irish assassin across Europe.

4.22

32k+

🎯 Assassination Thriller 🍀 Post Troubles Fiction 🪦 Faked Death

The English Spy 87%

A yacht bomb kills a princess. A retired spy hunts the Irish assassin across Europe.

by Daniel Silva 2015

4.22

32k+ ratings

🎯 Assassination Thriller 🍀 Post Troubles Fiction 🪦 Faked Death

The Innocent

by David Baldacci • 2012

An assassin's bus explodes. The girl beside him knows why her parents were murdered.

4.19

122k+

🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🎯 Assassin Antihero 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

The Innocent 87%

An assassin's bus explodes. The girl beside him knows why her parents were murdered.

by David Baldacci 2012

4.19

122k+ ratings

🏛️ Government Conspiracy 🎯 Assassin Antihero 🛡️ Reluctant Protector

The Hit

by David Baldacci • 2013

Ordered to kill his rogue partner, a government assassin uncovers a conspiracy targeting them both.

4.18

80k+

🎯 Government Assassin 🏴 Rogue Agent 🐾 Cat And Mouse Pursuit

The Hit 87%

Ordered to kill his rogue partner, a government assassin uncovers a conspiracy targeting them both.

by David Baldacci 2013

4.18

80k+ ratings

🎯 Government Assassin 🏴 Rogue Agent 🐾 Cat And Mouse Pursuit

American Assassin

by Vince Flynn • 2010

After a terrorist attack kills his girlfriend, a college athlete joins a CIA assassination program.

4.25

102k+

🐺 Lone Wolf Operative 💥 Revenge Mission 🌍 Middle East Espionage

American Assassin 87%

After a terrorist attack kills his girlfriend, a college athlete joins a CIA assassination program.

by Vince Flynn 2010

4.25

102k+ ratings

🐺 Lone Wolf Operative 💥 Revenge Mission 🌍 Middle East Espionage

House of Spies

by Daniel Silva • 2017

When London burns, an Israeli spymaster tracks a ghost through a global web of art and blood.

4.31

35k+

🛡️ Counterterrorism 🕵️ Spycraft 🎨 Art World Intrigue

House of Spies 87%

When London burns, an Israeli spymaster tracks a ghost through a global web of art and blood.

by Daniel Silva 2017

4.31

35k+ ratings

🛡️ Counterterrorism 🕵️ Spycraft 🎨 Art World Intrigue

True Believer

by Jack Carr • 2019

A dying former SEAL on the run is offered a pardon to stop a terror plot.

4.34

44k+

🪖 Special Ops Thriller 🕵️ Rogue Agent 💥 Revenge Mission

True Believer 87%

A dying former SEAL on the run is offered a pardon to stop a terror plot.

by Jack Carr 2019

4.34

44k+ ratings

🪖 Special Ops Thriller 🕵️ Rogue Agent 💥 Revenge Mission

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth • 1971

A hired killer stalks President de Gaulle. One detective must unmask him before Liberation Day.

4.27

147k+

🎯 Political Assassination 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Master Of Disguise

The Day of the Jackal 87%

A hired killer stalks President de Gaulle. One detective must unmask him before Liberation Day.

by Frederick Forsyth 1971

4.27

147k+ ratings

🎯 Political Assassination 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Master Of Disguise

End Game

by David Baldacci • 2017

Two assassins search for a vanished handler, uncovering a drug ring inside a Colorado missile silo.

4.21

57k+

🎯 Government Assassin 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 💕 Partners To Lovers

End Game 87%

Two assassins search for a vanished handler, uncovering a drug ring inside a Colorado missile silo.

by David Baldacci 2017

4.21

57k+ ratings

🎯 Government Assassin 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 💕 Partners To Lovers

Without Remorse

by Tom Clancy • 1993

When drug dealers murder the runaway he saved, a grieving ex-SEAL becomes their worst enemy.

4.22

77k+

📚 Military Thriller 🎯 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Without Remorse 86%

When drug dealers murder the runaway he saved, a grieving ex-SEAL becomes their worst enemy.

by Tom Clancy 1993

4.22

77k+ ratings

📚 Military Thriller 🎯 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Stone Cold

by David Baldacci • 2007

The Camel Club hides a con artist as a suburban assassin's revenge engulfs them all.

4.19

52k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🫂 Found Family

Stone Cold 86%

The Camel Club hides a con artist as a suburban assassin's revenge engulfs them all.

by David Baldacci 2007

4.19

52k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🫂 Found Family

The Cartel

by Don Winslow • 2015

A retired DEA agent leaves his beekeeping monastery to hunt the drug lord who got away.

4.36

40k+

🕵️ Narco Thriller 🇲🇽 Mexico Drug War 🎯 Personal Vendetta

The Cartel 86%

A retired DEA agent leaves his beekeeping monastery to hunt the drug lord who got away.

by Don Winslow 2015

4.36

40k+ ratings

🕵️ Narco Thriller 🇲🇽 Mexico Drug War 🎯 Personal Vendetta

Bloodline

by James Rollins • 2012

The president's pregnant daughter is taken. Her captors want the child: a genetically altered heir.

4.25

25k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🏛️ Ancient Conspiracy 🐕 Military Working Dog

Bloodline 86%

The president's pregnant daughter is taken. Her captors want the child: a genetically altered heir.

by James Rollins 2012

4.25

25k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🏛️ Ancient Conspiracy 🐕 Military Working Dog

The Last Man

by Vince Flynn • 2012

Mitch Rapp races to find a kidnapped spymaster whose secrets could destroy the CIA.

4.37

42k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔫 Rogue Agent 🎭 Double Agent

The Last Man 86%

Mitch Rapp races to find a kidnapped spymaster whose secrets could destroy the CIA.

by Vince Flynn 2012

4.37

42k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔫 Rogue Agent 🎭 Double Agent

The Bourne Legacy

by Eric Van Lustbader • 2005

An assassin-turned-professor, framed for murder, hunted by a rival who knows his every instinct.

3.9

31k+

🕵️ Post-Cold War Espionage 👨‍👦 Father-Son Reconciliation 🔍 Framed For Murder

The Bourne Legacy 86%

An assassin-turned-professor, framed for murder, hunted by a rival who knows his every instinct.

by Eric Van Lustbader 2005

3.9

31k+ ratings

🕵️ Post-Cold War Espionage 👨‍👦 Father-Son Reconciliation 🔍 Framed For Murder

Satori

by Don Winslow • 2011

A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.

3.95

6k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 🗡️ Master Assassin

Satori 86%

A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.

by Don Winslow 2011

3.95

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 🗡️ Master Assassin

The Man Who Died Twice

by Richard Osman • 2021

A dead man's letter pulls four elderly sleuths into stolen diamonds and a mafia manhunt.

4.35

362k+

🕵️ Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Retired Spy 💕 Found Family

The Man Who Died Twice 86%

A dead man's letter pulls four elderly sleuths into stolen diamonds and a mafia manhunt.

by Richard Osman 2021

4.35

362k+ ratings

🕵️ Retiree Sleuths 🔍 Retired Spy 💕 Found Family

The Kill Artist

by Daniel Silva • 2000

An art restorer and former Israeli assassin is pulled from exile to hunt his family's killer.

4.00

101k+

🎨 Art World Thriller 💔 Damaged Hero 🎯 Assassin Protagonist

The Kill Artist 86%

An art restorer and former Israeli assassin is pulled from exile to hunt his family's killer.

by Daniel Silva 2000

4.00

101k+ ratings

🎨 Art World Thriller 💔 Damaged Hero 🎯 Assassin Protagonist

The Hard Way

by Lee Child • 2006

A drifter is hired to find a mercenary's kidnapped wife. The ransom is paid, but she stays missing.

4.20

95k+

🔫 Mercenary Thriller 🦅 Ex-Military Hero 🚶 Drifter Protagonist

The Hard Way 86%

A drifter is hired to find a mercenary's kidnapped wife. The ransom is paid, but she stays missing.

by Lee Child 2006

4.20

95k+ ratings

🔫 Mercenary Thriller 🦅 Ex-Military Hero 🚶 Drifter Protagonist

61 Hours

by Lee Child • 2010

Trapped by a blizzard, an ex-military cop protects a witness from a biker gang's revenge.

4.13

102k+

💥 Action Thriller 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🛡️ Witness Protection

61 Hours 86%

Trapped by a blizzard, an ex-military cop protects a witness from a biker gang's revenge.

by Lee Child 2010

4.13

102k+ ratings

💥 Action Thriller 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🛡️ Witness Protection

The English Girl

by Daniel Silva • 2013

A British political aide and secret PM lover vanishes, dragging Gabriel Allon into a Russian plot.

4.19

37k+

🕵️ Sleeper Agent 🗳️ Political Blackmail 🔍 Reluctant Spy

The English Girl 86%

A British political aide and secret PM lover vanishes, dragging Gabriel Allon into a Russian plot.

by Daniel Silva 2013

4.19

37k+ ratings

🕵️ Sleeper Agent 🗳️ Political Blackmail 🔍 Reluctant Spy

Red Rabbit

by Tom Clancy • 2002

A Soviet defector's warning sends a CIA analyst into St. Peter's Square to stop an assassination.

3.76

35k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🚂 Defector Extraction 😬 Reluctant Operative

Red Rabbit 86%

A Soviet defector's warning sends a CIA analyst into St. Peter's Square to stop an assassination.

by Tom Clancy 2002

3.76

35k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🚂 Defector Extraction 😬 Reluctant Operative

Split Second

by David Baldacci • 2003

His protectee killed. Hers kidnapped years later. Two disgraced agents, one conspiracy.

4.06

86k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🎯 Disgraced Agent

Split Second 86%

His protectee killed. Hers kidnapped years later. Two disgraced agents, one conspiracy.

by David Baldacci 2003

4.06

86k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🎯 Disgraced Agent

Foreign Agent

by Brad Thor • 2016

An ISIS massacre of a CIA team masks a Russian plot to start a ground war.

4.25

17k+

🪆 Russian Conspiracy 💣 Islamist Terror 🎯 Assassination Plot

Foreign Agent 86%

An ISIS massacre of a CIA team masks a Russian plot to start a ground war.

by Brad Thor 2016

4.25

17k+ ratings

🪆 Russian Conspiracy 💣 Islamist Terror 🎯 Assassination Plot

The Night Shift

by Robert Enright • 2016

A shattered sniper punishes a freed rapist, igniting war with a corrupt detective and crime kingpin.

4.28

11k+

🕶 Vigilante Thriller 👮 Police Corruption 🪖 Haunted Soldier

The Night Shift 86%

A shattered sniper punishes a freed rapist, igniting war with a corrupt detective and crime kingpin.

by Robert Enright 2016

4.28

11k+ ratings

🕶 Vigilante Thriller 👮 Police Corruption 🪖 Haunted Soldier

One Shot

by Lee Child • 2005

A mass shooting. A flawless case. The lone suspect asks for one man: Jack Reacher.

4.24

127k+

🐺 Lone Wolf Investigator 🎖️ Ex-Military Protagonist 🎯 Framed For Murder

One Shot 86%

A mass shooting. A flawless case. The lone suspect asks for one man: Jack Reacher.

by Lee Child 2005

4.24

127k+ ratings

🐺 Lone Wolf Investigator 🎖️ Ex-Military Protagonist 🎯 Framed For Murder

The Night in Question

by Susan Fletcher • 2024

After her care home manager's window plunge, an 87-year-old sleuth unearths a death-haunted past.

4.02

3k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏡 Retirement Home 👵 Elderly Protagonist

The Night in Question 86%

After her care home manager's window plunge, an 87-year-old sleuth unearths a death-haunted past.

by Susan Fletcher 2024

4.02

3k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏡 Retirement Home 👵 Elderly Protagonist

Executive Power

by Vince Flynn • 2003

A lethal leak pulls CIA's Mitch Rapp into a Saudi prince's scheme to upend the world.

4.32

50k+

🕵️ Covert Operations 🌍 Global Espionage 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

Executive Power 86%

A lethal leak pulls CIA's Mitch Rapp into a Saudi prince's scheme to upend the world.

by Vince Flynn 2003

4.32

50k+ ratings

🕵️ Covert Operations 🌍 Global Espionage 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

Patriot Games

by Tom Clancy • 1987

A professor saves the royal family. The surviving terrorist vows to take everything he loves.

4.17

215k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🪖 Former Marine

Patriot Games 86%

A professor saves the royal family. The surviving terrorist vows to take everything he loves.

by Tom Clancy 1987

4.17

215k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🪖 Former Marine

Prince of Fire

by Daniel Silva • 2005

A Rome bombing forces an art-restoring spy to confront the family his past destroyed.

4.23

28k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🎭 Literary Thriller 👻 Haunted Assassin

Prince of Fire 86%

A Rome bombing forces an art-restoring spy to confront the family his past destroyed.

by Daniel Silva 2005

4.23

28k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🎭 Literary Thriller 👻 Haunted Assassin

The Gray Man

by Mark Greaney • 2009

Betrayed mid-flight, an elite assassin must fight across Europe to save his handler's family.

4.16

52k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 💪 One Man Army 🐱 Cat And Mouse

The Gray Man 86%

Betrayed mid-flight, an elite assassin must fight across Europe to save his handler's family.

by Mark Greaney 2009

4.16

52k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 💪 One Man Army 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Only the Dead

by Jack Carr • 2023

Framed for the President's murder, a Navy SEAL hunts the global plot his father died investigating.

4.54

24k+

🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔫 Rogue Operative

Only the Dead 86%

Framed for the President's murder, a Navy SEAL hunts the global plot his father died investigating.

by Jack Carr 2023

4.54

24k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔫 Rogue Operative

Black List

by Brad Thor • 2012

A black ops agent on a kill list uncovers a surveillance empire planning a devastating cyberattack

4.25

23k+

👁️ Surveillance State 🖥️ Cyberterrorism 🕵️ Rogue Agent

Black List 86%

A black ops agent on a kill list uncovers a surveillance empire planning a devastating cyberattack

by Brad Thor 2012

4.25

23k+ ratings

👁️ Surveillance State 🖥️ Cyberterrorism 🕵️ Rogue Agent

Crosshairs

by James Patterson • 2024

An NYPD detective hunts a sniper, only to find evidence pointing at his own partner.

4.45

20k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Crosshairs 86%

An NYPD detective hunts a sniper, only to find evidence pointing at his own partner.

by James Patterson 2024

4.45

20k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔪 Serial Killer ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Impossible Fortune

by Richard Osman • 2025

A car bomb and a missing man pull a grieving ex-spy toward a fortune sealed underground.

4.26

141k+

👵 Retiree Sleuths 🤝 Found Family 🔢 Codes And Ciphers

The Impossible Fortune 85%

A car bomb and a missing man pull a grieving ex-spy toward a fortune sealed underground.

by Richard Osman 2025

4.26

141k+ ratings

👵 Retiree Sleuths 🤝 Found Family 🔢 Codes And Ciphers

The Survivor

by Vince Flynn • 2015

A dead spy's files detonate on a timer. Rapp must crack the code to save the agency.

4.28

28k+

🕵️ Rogue Agent 🌐 Global Manhunt 🔫 Covert Ops

The Survivor 85%

A dead spy's files detonate on a timer. Rapp must crack the code to save the agency.

by Vince Flynn 2015

4.28

28k+ ratings

🕵️ Rogue Agent 🌐 Global Manhunt 🔫 Covert Ops

Double Cross

by James Patterson • 2007

Retired profiler Alex Cross hunts a theatrical killer as his escaped nemesis stalks his every move.

4.05

58k+

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Profiling

Double Cross 85%

Retired profiler Alex Cross hunts a theatrical killer as his escaped nemesis stalks his every move.

by James Patterson 2007

4.05

58k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Profiling

Dear Killer

by Katherine Ewell • 2014

A London schoolgirl takes murder commissions; the detective hunting her becomes her confidant.

3.47

5k+

🗡️ Teen Assassin 🖤 Nihilistic Protagonist 👤 Secret Identity

Dear Killer 85%

A London schoolgirl takes murder commissions; the detective hunting her becomes her confidant.

by Katherine Ewell 2014

3.47

5k+ ratings

🗡️ Teen Assassin 🖤 Nihilistic Protagonist 👤 Secret Identity

The Terminal List

by Jack Carr • 2018

Ambushed in Afghanistan, his family murdered, a Navy SEAL hunts the men on his list.

4.30

74k+

🎖️ Military Conspiracy 🦅 Navy SEAL Protagonist 🔪 Revenge Thriller

The Terminal List 85%

Ambushed in Afghanistan, his family murdered, a Navy SEAL hunts the men on his list.

by Jack Carr 2018

4.30

74k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Conspiracy 🦅 Navy SEAL Protagonist 🔪 Revenge Thriller

The Guilty

by David Baldacci • 2015

His mission killed a child. Now an assassin returns to Mississippi, his father charged with murder.

4.22

64k+

🔫 Assassin Thriller 🥃 Southern Noir 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

The Guilty 85%

His mission killed a child. Now an assassin returns to Mississippi, his father charged with murder.

by David Baldacci 2015

4.22

64k+ ratings

🔫 Assassin Thriller 🥃 Southern Noir 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

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