The Kill List

Mitch Kearns Combat Tracker #3

by J.T. Sawyer

Former combat tracker Mitch Kearns is back in this explosive new thriller from JT Sawyer. This time Mitch is in the U.S. visiting a friend at a secluded home in Colorado. Little do they know that there is a killer in their midst who is plotting against them for actions connected with a mantracking case Mitch was involved with a year earlier. With a storm moving in and one of their group dead before nightfall, they must work together to figure out who the traitor is and escape the perilous canyon where they are trapped.

Genres: Action, Fiction, Thriller, Suspense

147 pages, ebook

Published June 26, 2016

Reviews

[Louie the Mustache Matos · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Kill List is Book 3 of the Mitch Kearns Combat Tracker series. I read the first three books because I’ve found the stories sufficiently intriguing to warrant the attention and time. After having spent several months traveling the world on various misadventures, Mitch returns to the United States to visit an acquaintance. A year ago, Mitch had led a manhunt that resulted in the capture of an international killer. When he returns, he becomes embroiled in a revenge plot that involves a long list of characters and a trek through the forest with a ticking clock that is hurrying them toward supposed safety or increased chaos. Loads of action and a good story. Lots of red herrings with multiple motives not just for being present for the get-together, but also for getting even for supposed injustices and personal slights.

[Glen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mitch Kearns finds himself stranded in the wilderness with a group of strangers. Turns out, they're all connected to the death of a world class hit man's son. They're given some supplies, and a couple of day to hike to a cabin, before the whole ravine is underwater due to a dam. While hiking, someone is killing them, but who? Can Mitch figure it out before they all die?

[Margaret Stevens · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is book #3 in this series and the third one I've read. In this one, Mitch is now home from Israel, leaving Dev's company behind and bringing her with him on an extended vacation. Dev is a city girl, the kind who believes in hotels and room service. Mitch is an outdoors man, loving the wide open sky and no people around for many, many miles. She loves him and has been vocal about it; he loves her but hasn't been able to say it. On their last day together, Mitch tells Dev he's going to visit a friend, the mother of a dead officer who is dying of cancer while she is catching her plane for home. The next morning, he drives off towards the Colorado mountains and she drives off to the small airport to start the first leg of her trip home. A storm moves in and complicates both their plans. What happens after that is horrifying. I think you will enjoy reading it.

[Karen Kearns · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read books 1-3 as a boxed set. My review of the set is as follows:

The Mitch Kearns Combat Thriller Series combines well written characters with thrilling action, and brings forth tracking and survival skills.

Mitch Kearns is a former Army Special Forces tracker turned FBI Tracker and survival instructor in the US Southwestern District.

At the end of a FBI mission, Mitch returns to his bunkhouse on a friend's ranch only to find Devorah (Dev) Leitner on his doorstep trying to avoid being captured and/or killed by a typical megalomaniac trying to take over the world through supporting oppressive third world dictators.

Thus begins book one. In subsequent books two and three, the connection between Mitch and Dev grows while other equally bad antagonists "bite the dust."f

[Sandra Barker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book and would have given it a 5 except that it had some profanity in it and I never like that. Otherwise, the story is very good and it moves at a great pace. It's suspenseful and I like the main characters. Mitch Kearns is a good guy and very talented at tracking through the wilderness. A very handy ability when you're being hunted by bad guys. His girlfriend Dev is cool as well and they make a good couple. This was my first Mitch Kearns book, but I'd like to read more of the series now.

[Garth Mailman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mitch Kearns Combat Tracker #3
The Kill List
J.T. Sawyer

Mitch drops Dev off at the Durango Airport. The locations used in the novel really exist this being a mountainous region with deep canyons I’ve actually driven. The people involved with the capture, conviction, and incarceration of a crime lord’s son are drugged and dropped into a canyon about to be flooded.

Included are

Mitch
Nicholas prosecuting attorney X
Dylan marshal X
Julie doctor X
Brian prison warden X
Lisa author who wrote about it X

Well it is called The Kill List

[Mandy Walkden-Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

An okay read, but a bit disappointing.
I really enjoyed the first book of the series, Dead in Their Tracks, but it seems the wheels fell off a bit in this one. Mitch seems to be bungling his way around this time out and there are some continuity errors which unhelpfully jerked me out of the story. I will be reading more of the series in the hope that this was a one-off quality drop.

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting story but not as well written as the first two in the series. Too many out of character stupid mistakes getting into the pickle and too many convenient coincidences getting out of the pickle.

[Phyllis H. Pajka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting story and I didn't think I would enjoy it at first. After getting into the book I couldn't put it down. The story did not drag but went along very quickly and you didn't want to miss what happened next. Give it a read and see if you like it. I sure did.

[Jim Cerone The Perfect Host DJ MC · Rating 2 out of 5]

Build Up To

To be brutally honest, this was the weakest of the series so far. The characters of Mitch and Dev are well sketched, but some of the dialogue in this book really suffers. The plot is pretty far fetched with a lot of building up without much payoff.

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Third in the series, quick read.
Enjoyed the 3 books.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good and entertaining novel. I enjoyed reading this novel and recommend this book to everyone.

[Roger · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good enjoyable read takes place in Colo. Recommend consideration of this 3 stories.

[See · Rating 4 out of 5]

An intricate mystery that has you thinking of one bad only to show you others. This tracker series just gets more interesting.

[Nerissa Golden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series.

[Layne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. I didn't like it as much as the others. Good story. Good action.
The layout of the canyon didn't seem plausible. One way out? I don't think so.

[Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[DemetraP · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was on the edge of my seat. Very unpredictable.

[Kathy D Dodge · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great action series!

I so enjoyed the action and face paced twist and turns! Love the survival details he adds to the story. Hope there are more to come.

[james liles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very entertaining read and for me (an old retired guy) that is all I want. Have read all 3 books so far and intend to read all in this series.

Jim

[JJ Lewis · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Kill List is a solid addition to the Mitch Kearns series. JT Sawyer’s mix of tactical realism and high-stakes action really nails the Black Ops thriller vibe.

[Walt Mccluskey · Rating 5 out of 5]

The kill list

A good twist at the end that was totally unexpected and tied in so many of the mysteries pervasive throughout the telling of the tale. The hero of this book was realistic unlike so many of today's thriller mysteries where the hero never tires and continually improves no matter what the difficulty.

[John Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good survival action story!

Good action about Mitch and others being hunted in a remote area in Colorado. Looking forward to reading more books in this series.