The Group:

by Bob Doerr

The Group by Bob Doerr
A fast moving international thriller that pits a lone government operative, known as a hunter, against an unknown group of assassins who pose a worldwide threat.

Someone is killing off the world's rich and famous. The murders are sophisticated, requiring precision and skill. The international community is in an uproar but has no leads in its attempt to find the assassins. The victims were members of the Bilderberg Group, an international, loose knit group of the uber rich that meet annually. While the attacks have not had a direct impact on the U.S., Theresa Deer, Director of the Special Section, a small unit whose existence is known by only a handful in the U.S. government, sees this new age League of Assassins as a national threat. She sends her hunters out. Clint Smith finds their trail Switzerland where his discovery almost leads to his own death. The hunt leads him to Mallorca, Spain, where he witnesses a helicopter attack on a villa where a number of attendees from the Bilderberg conference were holding a follow-on meeting of their own. Smith picks up the trail a couple weeks later in Las Vegas, NV, and in his hunt finds out that he is no longer the hunter. He has become the prey.

"Bob Doerr creates ordinary characters and places them in unordinary situations. Get ready for a tense read as Clint Smith is charged with identifying and stopping the unknown killer (or killers) of the world's richest men!"
- Pat McGrath Avery, multi -Award Winning Author

252 pages, Paperback

Published March 22, 2016

About the author

Bob spent nearly thirty years in the Air Force, all of it with the Office of Special Investigations. He then spent eight years as a financial planner before getting serious about his writing. Selected in 2013 by the Military Writers Society of America as its Author of the Year, Bob has fifteen books published. His fifth book in his Jim West mystery series was a winner in the 2013 Eric Hoffer Book Awards. His book Another Colorado Kill took silver for fiction in the Stars and Flags Book Awards for 2012. The third book, Loose Ends Kill, was selected as a Finalist for the 2011 Eric Hoffer Award and then was awarded the Silver medal for Fiction/mystery at the Military Writers Society of America's 2011 conference. Cold Winter's Kill was a Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award in 2010.

Reviews

[Suzanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won this book on a Good reads give away and so was pleased to receive a signed copy from the author - thank you so much.

The Group is a thriller opening with a murder of one of the world's rich and famous: the elite, also known as the Bilderberg Group. The US Special Section sees this action as a national threat, and enlists one of their hunters, Clint Smith to investigate. Clint is sent on an international adventure, narrowly escaping death on his journey to pursue the culprits.

I really enjoyed this book: great pace, interesting twists, and unexpected situations. Will definitely check out other books by Bob Doer.