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Captive Target (Six Assassins Book 4) Kindle Edition

by Jim Heskett (Author), Nick Thacker (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.6 203 ratings

Book 4 of 6: Six Assassins

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An assassin with a lethal grudge and a homemade prison: can Ember escape this high-tech dungeon before it’s too late?

Halfway through her six-week trial-by-combat punishment, contract killer Ember Clarke has had enough. Unfortunately for her, the newest assassin on her trail this week refuses to stop.

...And when Ember wakes up handcuffed in a magnetized holding cell, she knows she’s trapped.

Desperate to earn her freedom, Ember tries everything she can think of to escape. But the walls are impregnable, and her captor has promised to kill her by the end of the week.

Can Ember find a way to flee this dangerous basement while there’s yet time?

Buy Captive Target to escape the dungeon today!

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Captive Target is the fourth book in the adrenaline-fueled Six Assassins crime and action thriller series. If you like heroes in need of redemption, sinister twists and turns, and cliffhangers guaranteed to make you stay up reading past your bedtime, you’ll love Jim Heskett's and Nick Thacker’s epic six-part tale.

From Amazon and USA Today Bestselling Authors Jim Heskett and Nick Thacker, authors of the well-loved Harvey Bennett Thrillers series, comes a brand-new thriller series, for fans of Harlan Coben, Stieg Larsson, and Vince Flynn.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0847GQWYP
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Turtleshell Press (April 28, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 28, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4394 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 233 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #603,462 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,701 in Crime Action Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #1,972 in Conspiracy Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #2,851 in Assassination Thrillers (Books)

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Nick Thacker
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Nick Thacker is the USA Today Bestselling Author of action-adventure thrillers and mysteries, including the Harvey Bennett Thrillers series. Often mentioned as a cross between Clive Cussler and James Rollins, his stories are written in a fast-paced, punchy style.
He lives on a volcano in Hawaii with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.
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Jim Heskett
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Jim Heskett writes stories about outsiders who fight crime.
The author was born in the wilds of Oklahoma, raised by a pack of wolves with a station wagon and a membership card to the local public swimming pool. Just like the man in the John Denver song, he moved to Colorado in the summer of his 27th year. He's never looked back. Aside from a wild year traveling the world, he hasn't let the Flatirons mountains out of his sight.
Jim fell in love with writing at the age of fourteen inside a copy of Stephen King's Carrie. Poetry provided his first outlet for teen angst, then later a smattering of mediocre screenplays, and eventually crime thriller fiction a la Elmore Leonard. In between, he worked a few careers that never quite tickled his creative toes.
He hasn't ever forgotten about Stephen King.
You can find him currently huddled over a laptop in an undisclosed location in Colorado, dreaming up ways to kill beloved characters.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, he believes the huckle is the king of berries and he refuses to entertain any arguments to the contrary.
He writes award-winning crime thrillers seasoned with a dash of snark. Sometimes he writes these books with co-authors like Nick Thacker.
Details and FREE, exclusive books at www.jimheskett.com
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Great

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2023

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I am loving this series. I have to give it to Ember. She's a fighter. One aspect of this book is reading about Gabe. Sad. 😪 I hope that Ember kicks ass real soon to that jerk Marcus. Sorry for the spoiler.🙄

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Jdubz

Good Series Continues

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2023

Ember’s story continued at a good pace with twists that kept the story fresh. There are some surprises with characters that I didn’t see coming and makes me wonder what the future holds.

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rlptwo

Ember Escapes The Inescapable

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2021

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Ember's fourth week being targeted by an assassin seems to done almost before it starts. But you can't count out Ember when its her life on the line. When all seems a foregone conclusion the realities turn out to be fleeting. Week four and a very angry Veronica this week's assassin) thinks Ember killed her sister. Veronica's brother isn't so sure. But Ember's boss is also throwing into the "someone's gotta die" scenario by sending in his assassin. But who's gonna die? And who's gonna end up wishing someone else should?

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2021

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As the name suggests for most of this book, Ember is a captive. The fourth assassin has reasons for not killing Ember outright and so has her locked up in the basement. This allows Gage and Zach to be more of a focus as we get more backstory as well as intrigue over Marcus, Fire drake and the Oracle. There is a break-in, several deaths, threats, climbing up a building during a blizzard, magnetism, hired killers and more. The intriguing history of the DAC and Ember continue to slowly be revealed.

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2020

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what a super series. great characters and twists you never see coming. Cant wait for the next one

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Spoke36

Ember is held captive while the rest of the assassins duke it out with some new players - 4.5 stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2020

The mystery of who the assassin of the week is made clear right at the beginning when Ember is captured and put into a fancy holding cell.

The Denver Assassins Club (DAC) has assigned a 6-week ordeal of being hunted each week by a different DAC branch until she dies or kills the week's assassin.

The FBI wants Ember and has assigned a hit team (A rouge manager needs Ember off the payroll, permanently). Ember's boy friend Zack is trying to turn down an offer of employment; that employer wants Ember out of the picture). And of course, the assassin of the week has plans for Ember as well. On top of having Ember as an intended target, the officers of the DAC are infighting with real bullets.

With so many people interested in doing away with Ember and her involuntary incarceration, it seems that this week will complete the trial by assassination a little prematurely.

Ember's holding cell has some special equipment that will be sure to get at least a little sympathy from the reader - it is the least you can do. The authors have done a fine job in keeping up the suspense and handing out bullets left and right.

The best sequence in this novel is one in which a freelance assassin is caught by the Bolder police on Halloween -- one trick was not quite right. Great read but because it is the fourth in a series, you should not jump in here. Start with book 1, "Primary Target".

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K. Hudecek

Surprises and Twists Abound

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2020

I tried to pace myself when I started this book, thinking I could draw it out a little more, maybe dig deeper into the psyches of the characters, gain a little more understanding about the works with all of this black dot combat, but it was no use. I got to maybe 35% of the book and didn't want to put it down. Any interruption I got from somebody was met with a look if not a growl. I did not want to be bothered with my own life while Ember Clarke's life was in the balance.

Ember is captured by her next assassin, held in a basement, and controlled by this weird magnetic device thing that paralyzes her. Veronica, her captor, has an ax to grind and there's no way on earth Ember is going to escape, no matter what she does to help herself. As long as Veronica has the fob that kicks on the magnetism that knocks Ember to the ground with a push of a button, there's no hope. The room she's in is solid and as the days go by, the future continues to grow bleaker and bleaker.

Meanwhile, Gabe is doing everything possible (and then some) to find out who has her and where she's being kept. This guy is going to extremes. But as things go when I get wrapped up in characters in novels, I went from "what the hell...?" to "what the f---...?!?!" I was completely floored. I didn't see that coming. It was a heck of a twist and a major surprise. My only thought now is that there isn't a place hot enough in hell for Marcus Lonsdale.

As for Isabel, she's a lot smarter than I gave her credit for. I'm not saying she's dumb because she isn't. She's at a disadvantage. It's her against the world and nobody is helping her. When another surprise character from another series (the first was Layne Parrish) shows up in this book, I thought for sure it was lights out for Ember. If Veronica didn't get her, this one would. The surprise character does not miss. But Isabel...yeah, I have to give her an A for ingenuity.

But there's even more to all of this because David Wellner, the president of the Denver Assassins Club, continues to surprise me. I had him pictured as this dowdy, middle-aged guy, with a bit of a belly, and thinning hair--kind of geeky with a grandpa thing going on. As this series progresses, he's putting me on edge more and more. I don't know if he's just paranoid, overly paranoid, or just trying to get back his manhood. Not sure if any of that is true, but he seems to be mentally teetering. He did things that I didn't think he would ever do. He was a bit of a sleepy character at first and is quickly turning into someone you do not want to cross.

Then Zach Bennett, Ember's love interest. He's a college student and a scientist and is in way over his head. His character is evolving from a studious kid who doesn't do much other than study and work into a man who wants answers. He's finally taking a stand and it isn't easy for him.

Somehow all of these stories are going to come together. It's been working up to something huge from the first book and the tension keeps building. I think I may have mentioned in my review of the previous book in the series that the tension is tangible. It was then and it is now. Just multiply it by ten.

I've skimmed over other reviews of other books in this series and one of them said it was beautiful. I couldn't disagree more. Beautiful is blue skies, birds singing, butterflies, and violins. This is raw, sit-at-the-edge-of-your-seat-while-you-wait-for-the-next-thing-to-happen (and it doesn't take long), tenuous, and yelling while you read and Metallica is blasting. (I don't actually listen to music while I read, but you get my point). I got curious looks and "whats?" from my husband while I was reading this and all I could do was give him the hand. I didn't want to talk about it with someone who has no idea about what's going on or can't relate on any level. Just leave me alone and speak no more until I'm done.

This was a crazy good book and I'm ready for the next in the series. Four down, two to go, and I'm still not sure how this is all going to end. I have my guesses, but it's not up to me. I'll get my answers in the last book.

*The books in this series need to be read in order

**I received a free copy of this book and voluntarily left a review.

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Chris biffa Davy

better and better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2022

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Just as you think things couldn’t get worse for Ember, it does! Can’t wait to start the next enthralling episode. Keep em coming guys!

KC

Great job

Reviewed in Canada on June 26, 2020

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Tim and Nick weave a page-turning story. I could hardly put the book down. Very sad for one beloved member and I hope Ember puts the screws to the killer.

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