Conflicted Assassin

Cafe Assassin is a quick story following Johnny, an assassin questioning his job and life decisions. He's uncertain about his choice to be a decision, a question that becomes even more complicated when his target turns up with innocents - potential collateral. But all is not as it seems and Johnny's hesitation could get him killed.



Aaron Grunn has written an interesting, thriller here. He uses the short story time well, giving enough description to make the area around Johnny feel alive and real, without getting bogged down. The action is well told and both the eternal thriller part, and the internal personal struggle part of the story and engaging. Characters are good, and those important to the story are well fleshed out (although there are few here sue to the short run time).



Narration by Charles James is good, but not great. It is clear and easy to follow, and generally enjoyable. It's probably a 3.5/5 for me. There are minor variations for characters, emotions and action, enough to tell people apart, but not significant. The narration is a little quicker paced than most, but that's what variable playback controls re for, and it's still got a good cadence and captures the flow.



This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this review voluntarily.