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Inevitable I
Hired killer Tanner escapes from a Mexican prison and goes in search of revenge against the man who was to be his latest target.
Mobster Albert Rossetti thought he was safe after he framed Tanner for drug possession and had him locked away inside a Mexican prison--but Tanner broke out.
Rossetti's made peace with the man who hired Tanner to kill him, and the contract was cancelled, but that means nothing to Tanner, who lives by his own rules.
Tanner is coming for Rossetti, despite the man's hit squad, or the determined and troubled female FBI agent chasing him.
Tanner is coming, Tanner is deadly, and Tanner never fails.
Mobster Albert Rossetti thought he was safe after he framed Tanner for drug possession and had him locked away inside a Mexican prison--but Tanner broke out.
Rossetti's made peace with the man who hired Tanner to kill him, and the contract was cancelled, but that means nothing to Tanner, who lives by his own rules.
Tanner is coming for Rossetti, despite the man's hit squad, or the determined and troubled female FBI agent chasing him.
Tanner is coming, Tanner is deadly, and Tanner never fails.
244 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 22, 2014
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Remington Kane
252 books127 followersRemington Kane is an American author that writes action-packed thrillers. The author might be unfamiliar to some people because Remington Kane is actually a pseudonym for Donald Wells.
Donald Wells has garnered a reputation for writing darker and somewhat serious novels about killers. The author was born in New Jersey. He never really left and has since made a home there. Like most of his peers, Donald Wells was an avid reader as a child.
He spent many an hour devouring every book he came across. And it wasn’t long before he began to yearn for the chance to write. Like many aspiring authors, Donald Wells knew he had the capacity to tell stories. However, he was a little hesitant to venture into such uncharted waters, not only because he didn’t know where to start with regards to writing a book but also because he didn’t have confidence in his own ability to produce compelling fiction.
Again, like most notable authors, Donald meandered about for a while. Rather than going into publishing the first chance he got, Donald tried his hand at various odd jobs. He worked as an insurance salesman, a Real Estate Sales person, and even a Retail manager.
The jobs, though seemingly meaningless in the grand scheme of things, did wonders for the author’s writing capabilities. Whether he was driving trucks or cleaning floors, Donald gained insight into the workings of the world.
He met unexpected people and heard their intriguing stories. He came across numerous strange encounters and even participated in some of them. He essentially dipped into so many unique aspects of life that it came as no surprise that he had more than enough stories rattling around his head when it finally came time to write his first novel.
Not that many authors can claim to have been offered a chance to act as bodyguard to a drug dealer. Since getting his first book sold, though, Donald has finally settled in his career. The author loves writing novels and there is nothing he else he would rather be doing. The fact that he has found a way to make money out of his passion makes him one of the luckier individuals in the world.
By the time Donald Wells began writing as Remington Kane, he had already become established as a novelist with numerous thrillers under his name. However, writing as Remington practically took over his life.
This is because Donald has achieved more success writing as Remington Kane than he did producing novels under his real name. Kane is best known for the Tanner series of novels. Tanner is a hit man who accepts a job to take out a mob boss.
When he is betrayed and thrown into prison, Tanner thinks of little else besides getting revenge. And once he finally gets his freedom, the hit man becomes a one man army, engaging in a brutal way against a crime organization known as the Conglomerate.
Each new book sees Tanner raising the stakes by finding a new target that will sting the Conglomerate in ways they couldn’t possibly fathom.
Remington Kane has been praised for the Tanner novels because Tanner is such a refreshing hero. The protagonist is so average physically, devoid of the exaggerated traits that most action heroes seem to bear. If not for his natural fighting and survival instincts, one would be hard pressed to tell Tanner apart from any other ordinary man on the street.
Donald Wells has garnered a reputation for writing darker and somewhat serious novels about killers. The author was born in New Jersey. He never really left and has since made a home there. Like most of his peers, Donald Wells was an avid reader as a child.
He spent many an hour devouring every book he came across. And it wasn’t long before he began to yearn for the chance to write. Like many aspiring authors, Donald Wells knew he had the capacity to tell stories. However, he was a little hesitant to venture into such uncharted waters, not only because he didn’t know where to start with regards to writing a book but also because he didn’t have confidence in his own ability to produce compelling fiction.
Again, like most notable authors, Donald meandered about for a while. Rather than going into publishing the first chance he got, Donald tried his hand at various odd jobs. He worked as an insurance salesman, a Real Estate Sales person, and even a Retail manager.
The jobs, though seemingly meaningless in the grand scheme of things, did wonders for the author’s writing capabilities. Whether he was driving trucks or cleaning floors, Donald gained insight into the workings of the world.
He met unexpected people and heard their intriguing stories. He came across numerous strange encounters and even participated in some of them. He essentially dipped into so many unique aspects of life that it came as no surprise that he had more than enough stories rattling around his head when it finally came time to write his first novel.
Not that many authors can claim to have been offered a chance to act as bodyguard to a drug dealer. Since getting his first book sold, though, Donald has finally settled in his career. The author loves writing novels and there is nothing he else he would rather be doing. The fact that he has found a way to make money out of his passion makes him one of the luckier individuals in the world.
By the time Donald Wells began writing as Remington Kane, he had already become established as a novelist with numerous thrillers under his name. However, writing as Remington practically took over his life.
This is because Donald has achieved more success writing as Remington Kane than he did producing novels under his real name. Kane is best known for the Tanner series of novels. Tanner is a hit man who accepts a job to take out a mob boss.
When he is betrayed and thrown into prison, Tanner thinks of little else besides getting revenge. And once he finally gets his freedom, the hit man becomes a one man army, engaging in a brutal way against a crime organization known as the Conglomerate.
Each new book sees Tanner raising the stakes by finding a new target that will sting the Conglomerate in ways they couldn’t possibly fathom.
Remington Kane has been praised for the Tanner novels because Tanner is such a refreshing hero. The protagonist is so average physically, devoid of the exaggerated traits that most action heroes seem to bear. If not for his natural fighting and survival instincts, one would be hard pressed to tell Tanner apart from any other ordinary man on the street.
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September 4, 2018
My default rating is one star- just for the author writing the book. I'd be willing to go against that and award zero stars for whatever this thing is, masquerading as a book.
(Note: I picked this up on KU, and wrote the above about halfway through. I finished this, sad to say, and couldn't help myself from taking the next one via KU as well, to see if any lessons had been learned by the writer. Nope.)
Short synopsis: All around tough guy and professional killer Tanner is framed and sent to a Mexican prison. He escapes. This happens before the book starts. When the book starts, he's on his way to kill the mob guy who set him up, and whom he was contracted to kill in the first place.
Fine: I'm no stranger to revenge books, and no stranger to pro hitmen plying their trade.
There's an "Introduction" page, which is merely yet another recap of the description of the plot, such as it is, complete with an annoying comma usage that I've read far and wide.
"Hired killer, Tanner, escapes blahblahblah"
THE FIRST COMMA IS NOT REQUIRED. STOP DOING THIS, PEOPLE.
Where we we? Ah, the book.
Each chapter - some of which are a page or page and a half, thanks a ton, James Patterson, for giving us THAT gift - has some cutesy title. The very first chapter begins with Tanner rolling out of bed and somehow (through the magic of wannabe thrillers, I suppose) managing to hit two "guys with guns" with a single shotgun pull. As an aside, the first time I typed that, it came out "shitgun", and I was sorely tempted to leave it that way. He hits one in the gut and "one in the balls". He then hits them both in the forehead.....with the barrel of the shotgun.
Sigh. We got problems, Houston, like you wouldn't believe.
In chapter two, entitled "Hold the Burka" - offensive enough - we meet Sara Blake, an FBI agent, being given the once over by one of her colleagues, and are helpfully told "[A] burka couldn't hide her curves."
Did I mention we got problems?
The entire book is full of grossly stereotypical bad dudes, women who are blonde and blue-eyed for the most part and seem to exist only to allow mens' eyes to ogle them or to be used for sex (or, toward the end, as a convenient outlet for a mobster's rage, as he beats a woman to death), and of course the antihero, capable of leading a carful of bad guys to a house that is conveniently empty, knocking out the wall behind an oven that backs up to a basement area (no kidding), hammering away at the back of the oven until it crumples and he can pull it further open, shove the racks of said oven backward(!) through said openings, and then squeeze himself into the oven with his shotgun(!) so he can pop out and nail those other bad guys. That's all before the bad guys enter the house, by the way, but not before they hear noises like "someone banging on sheet metal, or something." Or something, indeed.
We're also supposed to believe that a professional hitman intent on revenge is going to let a couple of kids in True Love tag along with him for awhile. Or that there happens to be some drama on the ranch they've escaped from and he's able to use this to start a feud between the dude who owns the ranch (and who helpfully for the book also happens to be a low-level gangster type) and the mob boss in Vegas, who is his target, so he can take advantage of it to kill the boss.
We also learn that Tanner's contract has been cancelled. He's told he can keep the money, but the mob boss has come to an agreement with The Conglomerate, which is probably populated by rich old white guys who secretly run the entire planet, and the kill is no longer required. Tanner, unlike every other assassin, insists there's no cancelling of a contract. He was given the contract, he intends to fulfill it. That, put simply, is just stupid. No pro is going to go out of their way to keep a contract that's been cancelled, especially if they get to keep the money. Had the author instead had Tanner say fine, no contract, but I'm still going to kill him because he set me up, I'd have been okay with it.
Meanwhile, Sara and another FBI agent go to Vegas, because she wants to kill Tanner for killing her "Civilian Informant - my CI". What? That is not what "CI" means, author. Naturally, that CI had stolen some money at some point, Tanner was hired to dispatch him, and he did. Apparently the CI was also Sara's lover. Now she's after Tanner to kill him.
I'm not putting any of this under a spoiler tag. If you want to read this dreck, stop now and go read it.
Tanner has a strange attachment to shotguns, for a hitman. There's a reason most killers use handguns, you know. But on we go with our useless scenario, mob guys versus ranch guys, capos versus cowboys, with an equally useless subplot involving the two kids, who are still around. The
cowboys and mob thugs start things off, and Tanner kills the mob boss as he tries to escape on an "ATV - or All Terrain Vehicle" (thanks, writer) at the end of an escape tunnel.
Sara shows up, with her FBI partner, who tries to keep her from shooting Tanner. He just wants to take the guy in. So Sara shoots HIM, twice in the chest, and once under the arm, getting in under the vest. Great, now we know Sara is a sociopath, too. Tanner gets away, of course, as otherwise how on earth would the writer have twenty(!)-ish books in this series.
The writing is bad. Bad, bad, bad. It doesn't appear to have been edited at all, and reads like some story somebody made up while out drinking one night, written down and then published on Amazon. Much of the story is told via info dumps, either by the characters, or just by the writer, stepping in, sometimes with some incredibly strange structures, word-wise. Not a ton of showing going on here. Characters are one dimensional and the dialogue is either stilted or straight out of the old pulp novels. Characters also do a lot of things "while" doing another - in fact, the "while" is used right off the bat as the first chapter begins.
The second book is worse.
Do yourself a favor and read something else. Unless you're into trainwrecks.
Not recommended.
(Note: I picked this up on KU, and wrote the above about halfway through. I finished this, sad to say, and couldn't help myself from taking the next one via KU as well, to see if any lessons had been learned by the writer. Nope.)
Short synopsis: All around tough guy and professional killer Tanner is framed and sent to a Mexican prison. He escapes. This happens before the book starts. When the book starts, he's on his way to kill the mob guy who set him up, and whom he was contracted to kill in the first place.
Fine: I'm no stranger to revenge books, and no stranger to pro hitmen plying their trade.
There's an "Introduction" page, which is merely yet another recap of the description of the plot, such as it is, complete with an annoying comma usage that I've read far and wide.
"Hired killer, Tanner, escapes blahblahblah"
THE FIRST COMMA IS NOT REQUIRED. STOP DOING THIS, PEOPLE.
Where we we? Ah, the book.
Each chapter - some of which are a page or page and a half, thanks a ton, James Patterson, for giving us THAT gift - has some cutesy title. The very first chapter begins with Tanner rolling out of bed and somehow (through the magic of wannabe thrillers, I suppose) managing to hit two "guys with guns" with a single shotgun pull. As an aside, the first time I typed that, it came out "shitgun", and I was sorely tempted to leave it that way. He hits one in the gut and "one in the balls". He then hits them both in the forehead.....with the barrel of the shotgun.
Sigh. We got problems, Houston, like you wouldn't believe.
In chapter two, entitled "Hold the Burka" - offensive enough - we meet Sara Blake, an FBI agent, being given the once over by one of her colleagues, and are helpfully told "[A] burka couldn't hide her curves."
Did I mention we got problems?
The entire book is full of grossly stereotypical bad dudes, women who are blonde and blue-eyed for the most part and seem to exist only to allow mens' eyes to ogle them or to be used for sex (or, toward the end, as a convenient outlet for a mobster's rage, as he beats a woman to death), and of course the antihero, capable of leading a carful of bad guys to a house that is conveniently empty, knocking out the wall behind an oven that backs up to a basement area (no kidding), hammering away at the back of the oven until it crumples and he can pull it further open, shove the racks of said oven backward(!) through said openings, and then squeeze himself into the oven with his shotgun(!) so he can pop out and nail those other bad guys. That's all before the bad guys enter the house, by the way, but not before they hear noises like "someone banging on sheet metal, or something." Or something, indeed.
We're also supposed to believe that a professional hitman intent on revenge is going to let a couple of kids in True Love tag along with him for awhile. Or that there happens to be some drama on the ranch they've escaped from and he's able to use this to start a feud between the dude who owns the ranch (and who helpfully for the book also happens to be a low-level gangster type) and the mob boss in Vegas, who is his target, so he can take advantage of it to kill the boss.
We also learn that Tanner's contract has been cancelled. He's told he can keep the money, but the mob boss has come to an agreement with The Conglomerate, which is probably populated by rich old white guys who secretly run the entire planet, and the kill is no longer required. Tanner, unlike every other assassin, insists there's no cancelling of a contract. He was given the contract, he intends to fulfill it. That, put simply, is just stupid. No pro is going to go out of their way to keep a contract that's been cancelled, especially if they get to keep the money. Had the author instead had Tanner say fine, no contract, but I'm still going to kill him because he set me up, I'd have been okay with it.
Meanwhile, Sara and another FBI agent go to Vegas, because she wants to kill Tanner for killing her "Civilian Informant - my CI". What? That is not what "CI" means, author. Naturally, that CI had stolen some money at some point, Tanner was hired to dispatch him, and he did. Apparently the CI was also Sara's lover. Now she's after Tanner to kill him.
I'm not putting any of this under a spoiler tag. If you want to read this dreck, stop now and go read it.
Tanner has a strange attachment to shotguns, for a hitman. There's a reason most killers use handguns, you know. But on we go with our useless scenario, mob guys versus ranch guys, capos versus cowboys, with an equally useless subplot involving the two kids, who are still around. The
cowboys and mob thugs start things off, and Tanner kills the mob boss as he tries to escape on an "ATV - or All Terrain Vehicle" (thanks, writer) at the end of an escape tunnel.
Sara shows up, with her FBI partner, who tries to keep her from shooting Tanner. He just wants to take the guy in. So Sara shoots HIM, twice in the chest, and once under the arm, getting in under the vest. Great, now we know Sara is a sociopath, too. Tanner gets away, of course, as otherwise how on earth would the writer have twenty(!)-ish books in this series.
The writing is bad. Bad, bad, bad. It doesn't appear to have been edited at all, and reads like some story somebody made up while out drinking one night, written down and then published on Amazon. Much of the story is told via info dumps, either by the characters, or just by the writer, stepping in, sometimes with some incredibly strange structures, word-wise. Not a ton of showing going on here. Characters are one dimensional and the dialogue is either stilted or straight out of the old pulp novels. Characters also do a lot of things "while" doing another - in fact, the "while" is used right off the bat as the first chapter begins.
The second book is worse.
Do yourself a favor and read something else. Unless you're into trainwrecks.
Not recommended.
January 8, 2016
Tanner is a man not to be crossed.
A hit man betrayed and set up to be left to die in a Mexican jail is a mistake that those that stand against Tanner might not live to regret.
The very thing that makes someone hire Tanner is the same thing that will bring their destruction.
Much like the Terminator, Tanner accepts a job, he will not be stopped and absolutely will not quit until the contract is completed, even if the employer changes their mind.
The high powered mobster that hired him never thought Tanner would escape Mexico and definitely never believed he'd be stupid enough to try and come after him.
Tanner is a well-developed character and as a action/thriller junkie he is a character that I could read again and again, which is fortunate that this series is already established with multiple books to keep my reading cravings sedated for a while.
I highly recommend this series and have recommended it many time to others that enjoy action/thriller books.
A hit man betrayed and set up to be left to die in a Mexican jail is a mistake that those that stand against Tanner might not live to regret.
The very thing that makes someone hire Tanner is the same thing that will bring their destruction.
Much like the Terminator, Tanner accepts a job, he will not be stopped and absolutely will not quit until the contract is completed, even if the employer changes their mind.
The high powered mobster that hired him never thought Tanner would escape Mexico and definitely never believed he'd be stupid enough to try and come after him.
Tanner is a well-developed character and as a action/thriller junkie he is a character that I could read again and again, which is fortunate that this series is already established with multiple books to keep my reading cravings sedated for a while.
I highly recommend this series and have recommended it many time to others that enjoy action/thriller books.
August 28, 2017
Frank Richards (Harvard, Conglomerate corporate member) hired Tanner to whack Albert.
It seems Albert was taken a bigger % of the pie.
NYC. FBI SAC Martin “Marty” Brewer (52, Sara’s boss), told FBI SA Sara Blake he had an assignment for her.
FBI SAC Jake Garner would meet her at the JFK Airport.
Albert “Al” Rossetti (Conglomerate corporate member, Johnny’s uncle) a Las Vegas mobster also has a hit out on Tanner.
Las Cruces, NM. Had saved the lovers William “Billy” Benton (20) & Cindy Preston (19, daughter).
The 2 were now along for the ride.
What did Tanner do to Benny (mobster)?
What happened to Aldo (40, mobster)?
Earl Carter (mobster), & Merle Carter (mobster, driver) are taking Tanner to meet Ramone (mobster), at a house on Stewart Ave. in Las Vegas.
Albert was also there when the 3 of them arrived.
Who will survive?
Warning: This book is for adults only & contains extreme violent or graphic adult content or profanity &/or sexually explicit scenarios. It may be offensive to some readers.
I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.
A very awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very well written adventure book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great adventure movie, or better yet a mini TV series. To be continued. There is no doubt in my mind this is a very easy rating of 5 stars.
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Tony Parsons (Washburn)
It seems Albert was taken a bigger % of the pie.
NYC. FBI SAC Martin “Marty” Brewer (52, Sara’s boss), told FBI SA Sara Blake he had an assignment for her.
FBI SAC Jake Garner would meet her at the JFK Airport.
Albert “Al” Rossetti (Conglomerate corporate member, Johnny’s uncle) a Las Vegas mobster also has a hit out on Tanner.
Las Cruces, NM. Had saved the lovers William “Billy” Benton (20) & Cindy Preston (19, daughter).
The 2 were now along for the ride.
What did Tanner do to Benny (mobster)?
What happened to Aldo (40, mobster)?
Earl Carter (mobster), & Merle Carter (mobster, driver) are taking Tanner to meet Ramone (mobster), at a house on Stewart Ave. in Las Vegas.
Albert was also there when the 3 of them arrived.
Who will survive?
Warning: This book is for adults only & contains extreme violent or graphic adult content or profanity &/or sexually explicit scenarios. It may be offensive to some readers.
I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.
A very awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very well written adventure book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great adventure movie, or better yet a mini TV series. To be continued. There is no doubt in my mind this is a very easy rating of 5 stars.
Thank you for the free author; Ebooksdaily; Year Zero Publishing; Amazon Digital Services LLC.; book
Tony Parsons (Washburn)
November 20, 2020
Yeah This Was Good!
Tis is a one man wrecking machine, that stands by score all his own. The writer gives a main character we don't know if we should like him.or should he be revealed. As the story progressed we get a sense that this man Tanner is 3 dimensional. I love that he has a relentless chaser on his trail and its a women. (A women scorned) The story moves at a high octane pace that you get the sense of having been in a high speed chase. This is definitely a story you can sink.your teeth into.
Tis is a one man wrecking machine, that stands by score all his own. The writer gives a main character we don't know if we should like him.or should he be revealed. As the story progressed we get a sense that this man Tanner is 3 dimensional. I love that he has a relentless chaser on his trail and its a women. (A women scorned) The story moves at a high octane pace that you get the sense of having been in a high speed chase. This is definitely a story you can sink.your teeth into.
January 5, 2015
This was good
There's lots of action and storytelling. I was a little disappointed with the ending. I wish it had ended differently, but it did go with the plot. Characters could have been more developed, I could not picture some in my mind as I was reading. Otherwise it was really good!!
There's lots of action and storytelling. I was a little disappointed with the ending. I wish it had ended differently, but it did go with the plot. Characters could have been more developed, I could not picture some in my mind as I was reading. Otherwise it was really good!!
April 29, 2016
A good first book in a series. I am not sure how the series is going to go but seems kind of simple. Bad guy kills almost everyone he comes in contact with. Defunked FBI agent tries to catch him. A fast read with a lot of action.
August 7, 2020
Good story, but the writing style is like that of a teenager.
October 1, 2024
This is the kind of story that feels like takeoff in an airplane with gravity pinning you to your seat at the opening sentence and doesn't let up until the last word! Whew!
February 4, 2019
I felt like the book switched between views too quickly. You don’t really spend enough time with a single character to develop a sense of who they are, or any ideas about them. I know it’s meant to focus around Tanner, and I will be getting the second book purely because I am actually curious about him, but I felt it switched so much and so quickly that it was difficult to remember which name belongs to which person & what they were doing to be involved in the first place.
April 11, 2015
Good intrigue
Makes you root for a hit man. Who has a certain code and honors it. He keeps his word and brings justice to the guilty.
Makes you root for a hit man. Who has a certain code and honors it. He keeps his word and brings justice to the guilty.
May 28, 2015
Action packed suspense thriller. I loved it.
April 7, 2020
I imagine this could have been a good book, but I'm totally disgusted with this book. I can deal with sex in stories when they advance the storyline, but its not the case with this book.
There are two things I can't stand when there is sex in a book.
1. When the use of sex has no real purpose to advance the storyline
2. When the sex is gross, disgusting and has no real purpose other than to be gross and disgusting
It seems that the hero is just as disgusting.
I'd gotten this book and at least one other in the series because I thought it had promise.
I tried, I really tried to get through this book, but..., I'm done. Next stop is to delete the series from my collection.
There are two things I can't stand when there is sex in a book.
1. When the use of sex has no real purpose to advance the storyline
2. When the sex is gross, disgusting and has no real purpose other than to be gross and disgusting
It seems that the hero is just as disgusting.
I'd gotten this book and at least one other in the series because I thought it had promise.
I tried, I really tried to get through this book, but..., I'm done. Next stop is to delete the series from my collection.
May 20, 2022
Good Thriller.
A good thriller that as Tanner the latest in a line of assassination experts betrayed by a former friend acting under duress resulting in his arrest for drug possession and imprisonment. On escape Tanner resolves to finish his previous task and on route receives help from an accidental meeting of two young lovers. The chaos that follows his quest is tracked by an FBI agent who also wants him dead for killing her lover on an earlier contract and events have many twists and turns. A good read.
A good thriller that as Tanner the latest in a line of assassination experts betrayed by a former friend acting under duress resulting in his arrest for drug possession and imprisonment. On escape Tanner resolves to finish his previous task and on route receives help from an accidental meeting of two young lovers. The chaos that follows his quest is tracked by an FBI agent who also wants him dead for killing her lover on an earlier contract and events have many twists and turns. A good read.
December 13, 2021
A short quick read as an introduction to the series that of course starring Tanner the assassin.
Tanner is not what I have in mind for an assassin. I mean, he does sound cold with a bad guy attitude but he doesn’t take precaution or calculation that, imo, any pro that has live this long should.
Btw I prefer book than audio because the narrator sounds too drowsy I have to switch to the actual book (otherwise this might end up with just 2.5 stars).
Tanner is not what I have in mind for an assassin. I mean, he does sound cold with a bad guy attitude but he doesn’t take precaution or calculation that, imo, any pro that has live this long should.
Btw I prefer book than audio because the narrator sounds too drowsy I have to switch to the actual book (otherwise this might end up with just 2.5 stars).
August 15, 2018
Along with Jack Reacher and Zeb Carter, Tanner is another protagonist I admire. An assassin with a conscience. When you hire him, you better be sure about the target because there's no turning back. Wherever you are, wherever you go, Tanner will find you. No obstacle can stop him from coming after you. Good night-burner. I read it in one day.
August 17, 2018
Holds your attention
Inevitable has very few likeable characters. Nearly everyone winds up dead. Tanner, an overly competent professional killer, is more attractive than most of the killers hired to kill him. Story holds one's interest but doesn't leave the reader happy. Not sure I will follow this series.
Inevitable has very few likeable characters. Nearly everyone winds up dead. Tanner, an overly competent professional killer, is more attractive than most of the killers hired to kill him. Story holds one's interest but doesn't leave the reader happy. Not sure I will follow this series.
September 9, 2019
Like Reached with less story
I read all the reviews about this being like soft core pork and don't understand it, Tanner is really no different than Jack Reacher. Both have a code they live by and both guys always come out on top. Child adds more substance in his books. If you like the Reacher books these are a good read while waiting for those
I read all the reviews about this being like soft core pork and don't understand it, Tanner is really no different than Jack Reacher. Both have a code they live by and both guys always come out on top. Child adds more substance in his books. If you like the Reacher books these are a good read while waiting for those
January 6, 2020
Tanner is a hard one not to like.
Remington Kane , in my limited experience, likes the shade of gray. Almost all of his characters are very human. They have good and bad traits. Some swing more than others. This book was written well and enjoyable for me to read. I am excited to read the next book in this series.
Remington Kane , in my limited experience, likes the shade of gray. Almost all of his characters are very human. They have good and bad traits. Some swing more than others. This book was written well and enjoyable for me to read. I am excited to read the next book in this series.
June 15, 2020
Not very good
There were many run-on sentences and, in a couple of instances, bad grammar. The characters were not well developed and stereotypical in several instances. I did not care about any of them except the two young kids. Thankfully, I did not pay for this book as it was a prime read.
There were many run-on sentences and, in a couple of instances, bad grammar. The characters were not well developed and stereotypical in several instances. I did not care about any of them except the two young kids. Thankfully, I did not pay for this book as it was a prime read.
August 30, 2021
I read this/listened to this in a Audible 3 in 1 book and found all 3 good action brain candy. I like it...it's just a modern day "shoot 'em up".
Tanner is a hired killer and once he's taken money for a kill it's, "Inevitable" he'll complete the contract, even if the "contractor" tries to call him off.
This does not sit well with said contractor.
Tanner is a hired killer and once he's taken money for a kill it's, "Inevitable" he'll complete the contract, even if the "contractor" tries to call him off.
This does not sit well with said contractor.
April 4, 2022
The hero is invincible, nobody, not the syndicate, enemies or the FBI, can eliminate him, but he doesn't deserve to to be so. The book is partly an enjoyable escape with some feel good bits, but he's a souless contract killer and the number of people he slays, often for little justification, seems countless. just not good enough to read forty more of these.
April 3, 2023
Tanner 1
Bloody hell what a read!!! Tanned is absolutely brutal but absolutely riveting, it literally took me an hour to read this book as I couldn't put it down! Desperation in Sara, savagery in Tanner, blood lust, it has it all, Tanner 2 already downloaded and ready for me to start. Fabulous
Bloody hell what a read!!! Tanned is absolutely brutal but absolutely riveting, it literally took me an hour to read this book as I couldn't put it down! Desperation in Sara, savagery in Tanner, blood lust, it has it all, Tanner 2 already downloaded and ready for me to start. Fabulous
June 17, 2024
Tanner: Book 1
Hello Tanner number seven book one. Tanner is an assassin it cold blooded killer. He views death that he hand out for money and think nothing of it. Have an escape the Mexican prison he fight himself involved with a young couple on the run and coming from every direction, after all of them.
Hello Tanner number seven book one. Tanner is an assassin it cold blooded killer. He views death that he hand out for money and think nothing of it. Have an escape the Mexican prison he fight himself involved with a young couple on the run and coming from every direction, after all of them.
June 19, 2025
"Tanner is coming, Tanner is deadly, and Tanner never fails—that pretty much sums up the whole book. He doesn’t take changing contracts lightly and sees it as a matter of principle, especially when someone double-crosses him. It was a fun read, and some of the characters had me in stitches because of their decisions. A fun read overall.
October 18, 2018
Easy read, believable story about a hitman with some feelings ....not much anyway. The FBI agent who wants revenge and failed with a woman eater partner is kind of funny .....The writing is very simple !
January 10, 2020
Assassin Tanner had a contract and he always completes them. This contract has taken a little longer, having been imprisoned, but he will finish it, despite a change in the game/rules. An okay start to the series, but has room for improvement for Tanner's actions/choices.
February 3, 2020
Unputdownable
Any book that I pick up and have to read in one sessions merits a 5.A very easy book to read the plots were not complicated and easy to follow.I am excited about following Tanner and his exploits.The bar has been set and it has been set high.
Any book that I pick up and have to read in one sessions merits a 5.A very easy book to read the plots were not complicated and easy to follow.I am excited about following Tanner and his exploits.The bar has been set and it has been set high.
April 3, 2020
Rubbish
Strongly dislike being forced to make comments before continuing to the book store. This is the first time I've come across this type of blackmail. If it continues I'll not read any thing else by this author.
Strongly dislike being forced to make comments before continuing to the book store. This is the first time I've come across this type of blackmail. If it continues I'll not read any thing else by this author.
May 22, 2023
good read lots of action well formulated
Nice read with fun and exciting characters as with most fictional tales some parts were quite hard to believe and not how things are in the real world However it’s worth reading and look forward to the next on in the series
Nice read with fun and exciting characters as with most fictional tales some parts were quite hard to believe and not how things are in the real world However it’s worth reading and look forward to the next on in the series
January 2, 2025
Not bad! Not my usual book pick. But I like it. I got a little lost with all the names and temporary characters. But the storyline of Billy + Cindy sold me.
So far, the storyline with Sarah hasn't gone as expected, and I'm delighted to be wrong.
So far, the storyline with Sarah hasn't gone as expected, and I'm delighted to be wrong.
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