Kindle eBook Review: Assassin Hunter - A True-to-Life Peek at the Undercover Agent's World

The world of the undercover agent is certainly a fascinating one, no matter what point of view you take. So it shouldn't come as a surprise when a book that reveals the undercover agent’s world turns out to be a real page-turner – which is what “Assassin Hunter” is.

This story is written in the first person, which works extraordinarily well for the author, August Palumbo, because with his background as a homicide detective and a retired special agent, he is able to enter the story so well that he inevitably pulls the reader right into the story with him.

The protagonist is a federal agent assigned to go undercover to find and capture a paid assassin. His mission takes us into the heart of the criminal world and reveals to us some of the federal agents’ tricks-of-the-trade.

Palumbo discloses that the novel is not fictitious; it is based on a true-to-life criminal case.

If only for the peek at this normally hidden world of organized crime and undercover work, this book is well worth the read. The story is filled with painstaking detail that highlights the author’s deep familiarity with the setting of his novel.

“Assassin Hunter” is a very highly rated book on both Goodreads.com and Amazon.com. It was also a runner-up at the 2012 Sharp Writ Book Awards, in the General Non-Fiction category.