Target Echo by Alex Shaw is a thriller, full of shootouts as assassinations. There were points in the book where the reader wonders if there is any plot at all. Turns out, there was. Ruslan Akulov is a professional assassin known as Wolf Six. He had a reputation. He had once been part of a Russian squad known as the Wolfhounds. It had been a bad time in his life. He was Ukrainian. His handler/broker was a woman named Valentina Tishina. She always seemed to be able to find him. Always with a commission. He liked to relax in Dubai, the only place he ever felt safe. She always found him. He ran into a woman on a train. Always paranoid, was she after him? Then he saw armed men enter the carriage. She popped into action, so did she. He found out later they were after a French diplomat in the next carriage. She was a French agent tasked with protecting him. They ran into one another again, this time on the same side, so complicated the reader must sort it out by reading the book. Ruslan is a good character, with a touch of humanity still alive and well deep inside him. Sophia Racine was as professional as he was, but on the “right” side of the law. It was a fast-paced, entertaining trip around the world, killing. Mostly bad guys. Mostly simple and clean kills. Violence, but not gore. As the story unfolded, the reader met more people, all killers, some working for legitimate organizations. It was an exciting read. I was invited to read Target Echo by Boldwood Books. All thoughts and opinions are mine. #Netgalley #BoldwoodBooks #AlexShaw #TargetEcho

Another great book in the Ruslan Akulov/Wolf Six series. This one is set in Argentina, Columbia, USA and Madrid, and features a couple of great new characters, Wolf Nine, and Sophie Racine, a French intelligence officer. The plot involves revenge, gangsters, and a terrorist plot. It's all really exciting. In addition, Ruslan's life moves on and he becomes a bit more human, and less Machine. Recommended. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the preview copy.