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MP-5 CIA #9
The Rapier
The Rapier, the world’s most notorious assassin, has been hired to take out a senior Chinese intelligence officer in Hong Kong. Little does The Rapier know that a team of ex-CIA operatives are also in Hong Kong with their own mission—to retire the assassin once and for all.
However, it isn’t an easy task. The Rapier is a chameleon—no one knows what he looks like. So the Americans are shadowing the Chinese spy in the hopes that the assassin will reveal himself.
But things go haywire when the Chinese spy meets with an informant who is brutally murdered moments after divulging that a foreign state has plans in motion that will draw China and the United States into a world war.
With little to go on and desperate to get the details on the diabolical war plan, the Chinese pull out all the stops to find the informant’s killer. They soon uncover surveillance video near the crime scene that points to only one suspect—the ex-CIA team.
However, it isn’t an easy task. The Rapier is a chameleon—no one knows what he looks like. So the Americans are shadowing the Chinese spy in the hopes that the assassin will reveal himself.
But things go haywire when the Chinese spy meets with an informant who is brutally murdered moments after divulging that a foreign state has plans in motion that will draw China and the United States into a world war.
With little to go on and desperate to get the details on the diabolical war plan, the Chinese pull out all the stops to find the informant’s killer. They soon uncover surveillance video near the crime scene that points to only one suspect—the ex-CIA team.
427 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 9, 2017
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July 7, 2021
I can sum up this book in one word. Pointless. Ridiculous. Unbearable. Horrific. How this book has a 4+ rating is astounding to me.
I have read all previous MP-5 “thrillers” and the last two (Ghost Gathering) were painful to read. Almost as if MH Sargent did not even write these two, maybe a rookie novelist?
Some of the 4 and 5 star reviews must have been grading on reputation. As I mentioned this book was plodding, pointless, a lot of unneeded paragraphs of rambling dialogue or “insight” into nothing pertinent to the story, too many characters doing NOTHING. And Coleman?!? Really?!? What the…..
Spoiler alert…. the entire plot takes place in the fast three chapters.
If this is the end of the series….THANK GOODNESS. It will save me time by not having to read another installment.
I have read all previous MP-5 “thrillers” and the last two (Ghost Gathering) were painful to read. Almost as if MH Sargent did not even write these two, maybe a rookie novelist?
Some of the 4 and 5 star reviews must have been grading on reputation. As I mentioned this book was plodding, pointless, a lot of unneeded paragraphs of rambling dialogue or “insight” into nothing pertinent to the story, too many characters doing NOTHING. And Coleman?!? Really?!? What the…..
Spoiler alert…. the entire plot takes place in the fast three chapters.
If this is the end of the series….THANK GOODNESS. It will save me time by not having to read another installment.
November 17, 2020
You are a top-tier covert operative. Your missions are funded by a billionaire. Near-death situations are what you do for a living.
You and your team, which also includes your wife, are on a mission to find, capture, and eliminate the world's most deadly assassin.
Everything packed? Weapons, truth serum, your buddies the Israeli Massad agents, what's missing.
I know, let's bring Coleman, Gonz, and McKays infant son.
Did I miss something at the beginning of the story? Is this part of their fieldcraft for 2020 or was it really hard to find a sitter?
Enjoyed the other books in the series. However, this one not so much.
You and your team, which also includes your wife, are on a mission to find, capture, and eliminate the world's most deadly assassin.
Everything packed? Weapons, truth serum, your buddies the Israeli Massad agents, what's missing.
I know, let's bring Coleman, Gonz, and McKays infant son.
Did I miss something at the beginning of the story? Is this part of their fieldcraft for 2020 or was it really hard to find a sitter?
Enjoyed the other books in the series. However, this one not so much.
August 8, 2019
Great series
This finishing book in the series is action packed with a very human element in the characters relationships. Thanks for all the thrills and hopefully we will meet up with the MP5 gang later.
This finishing book in the series is action packed with a very human element in the characters relationships. Thanks for all the thrills and hopefully we will meet up with the MP5 gang later.
December 8, 2025
interesting Plots
I enjoyed the variety of plots throughout the series. My biggest issue is with the poor editing/proofreading. Many words are used incorrectly, many words missing altogether and other issues as well.
Sometimes it is worth paying a professional to do these tasks.
I enjoyed the variety of plots throughout the series. My biggest issue is with the poor editing/proofreading. Many words are used incorrectly, many words missing altogether and other issues as well.
Sometimes it is worth paying a professional to do these tasks.
January 23, 2024
These books are all action! I thought they were well researched and well put together
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