Clean Kill: A Sniper Novel

by Jack Coughlin, Donald A. Davis

Overview

On the outskirts of Edinburgh, Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and the Israeli Foreign Minister are about to sign an historic peace treaty - that is, until their meeting is violently interrupted by a missile strike that leaves the Foreign Minister dead and the Prince injured. Gunnery Sergeant Kyle Swanson is immediately called to the UK.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250891105
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/31/2010
Series:	Kyle Swanson Sniper Series , #3
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.93(d)

About the Author

Gunnery Sgt. Jack Coughlin's autobiography, Shooter, describes his experiences as the top-ranked marine sniper in the Iraq War. Coughlin is also the author, with Donald A. Davis, of the Kyle Swanson Sniper Novels, including Long Shot and In the Crosshairs. Coughlin grew up in Waltham, Massachusetts, and joined the Marines when he was 19. He served with the Marines during the drive to Baghdad and has operated on a wide range of assignments in hot spots around the world.

Donald A. Davis is co-author of New York Times bestseller Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper and author of Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor. He lives outside Boulder, Colorado.

Editorial Reviews

Former Marine Coughlin and bestseller Davis combine a well-paced, credible plot with a realistic portrayal of modern combat in their third Sniper novel (after Dead Shot). When two TOW missiles hit a Scottish castle where the Saudis and Israelis are concluding a historic peace treaty, the attack signals a coup against the ruling House of Saud by Wahabi fanatics outraged by the inroads Western liberal ideas are making in the oil-rich kingdom. Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Swanson and his team assume the task of shoring up the Saudi military while also tracking down those behind the carnage in Scotland. This brings Swanson into conflict with the head of the Saudi religious police, a brutally misogynistic thug who’s a cat’s-paw for an old enemy, Juba, a former British sniper turned terrorist. While some of the enemy come off as caricatures, the authors deftly handle the rivalry between Swanson and Juba. The climax may be a bit of overkill, but it will leave readers cheering. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly