stefanilw's review against another edition
4.0
I always enjoy this author's books. Hoping to have some more of his Alex McKnight series very soon. This is a good substitute in the meantime.
laurenpedersen's review against another edition
4.0
I think this is a series I could get into. Guess I’d better go back and read Nick Mason #1.
dave37's review against another edition
4.0
Fast, fun read. Yes, there are some improbable and under-developed characters and story arcs, but it is an enjoyable page-turner. The body count is uncomfortably high for me, and I likely won't continue with the series if the next book is the same.
lwalker77's review against another edition
4.0
Steve Hamilton is becoming one of my favorite authors. This was a really good book. Nick Mason is a great character and the story kept me hooked from start to finish.
disasterchick's review
3.0
Nick Mason is an anti-hero in my mind. I really don't like a man who resorts to a life of crime which lands him in prison and in turn a more substantial life of crime occurs. This book focuses on Nick trying to get out, but if it was so easy why didn't others do so? Lots of violence and suspense. I would probably have liked this book more had I liked Nick.
cathy1665's review
2.0
Too violent to start. Enjoy Steve Hamilton but maybe not the right book at the moment.
ncrabb's review
3.0
I didn't realize this is the second book in a series when I downloaded it. It didn't seem to matter much.
Nick Mason has been doing the bidding of a truly evil individual since he, Nick, was released from prison early as a result of the intervention of his new employer. Nick is essentially a paid killer, and he desperately wants to get out of that lifestyle. It has grown increasingly difficult, and the assignments are progressively worse and more risky.
Ray Porter's artificial falsetto narrations when reading female dialogue distracted me big-time. He's one of the great narrators in that business if he would just do a competent straight read.
This is an action-packed book that kept me engaged. It's a quick one-day read.
Nick Mason has been doing the bidding of a truly evil individual since he, Nick, was released from prison early as a result of the intervention of his new employer. Nick is essentially a paid killer, and he desperately wants to get out of that lifestyle. It has grown increasingly difficult, and the assignments are progressively worse and more risky.
Ray Porter's artificial falsetto narrations when reading female dialogue distracted me big-time. He's one of the great narrators in that business if he would just do a competent straight read.
This is an action-packed book that kept me engaged. It's a quick one-day read.
shinychick's review
3.0
Jeeze oh man, that was dark. You don't really expect a guy like Mason to come away clean in a series like this, but you kinda hope... As much of a bummer note that this ended on, I'm very curious about what comes next.
blood_rose_books's review against another edition
4.0
Steve Hamilton: Exit Strategy You will need to read the first book in this series The Second Life of Nick Mason in order to understand how Nick has gotten himself in to the predicament he is in. Also the book is a fantastic read and I highly recommend it if you like Thriller and / or Action Adventure type genres. Steve Hamilton is back with the second book in his Nick Mason series and Mason is determined to find an Exit Strategy: Nick Mason has one goal: Taking back control of his life but doing this is much more complicated than it seems and first he has to partake in a new missions. Nick's mission is to take on WITSEC, the top-secret federal witness-protection program that has never been compromised, locate the three men who put his boss, Darius Cole, behind bars for life, and kill them but some of them are more deadly than others. But if Cole were to be free will Mason truly be able to live his own life? Mason will risk everything in order to complete his mission, but he hopes if he can complete it, it will lead him to his bigger goals, safety for his family and his life back. This book is action packed and once it starts it does not take a break. So buckle down the hatches and get ready to read this in one sitting, as there never seemed to be a "good" time to put it down. I'll admit that Mason does seem to move from one insane situation to the next (talk about action imagination from Hamilton) and when Mason does have a bit of a break in the action he spends his time trying to figure out how to get out from under Darius Cole's thumb and live his own life. Alright all I can say is, WOW I did not see that coming. There are not that many times when a book just throws a curve way out of left field that I do not have some sort of hint that it is coming. Well Bravo Hamilton you made that happen and it was awesome. I personally like being in Mason's mind and being part of his thought process so it probably does not come as a surprise that I like Mason, and the assassin (and anti-hero) that he has been forced to become. Mason has become so good at planning the assassinations with his analytical and problem solving mind, planning is just his thing, pulling the trigger is something that you never thought he would do especially with some slightly more innocent lives but Mason does have the ability to kill and try to survive. I think that is what I struggle the most with Mason as a character how he goes from a low level thief to assassin. I don't understand how Darius Cole would be able to see that Mason has it in him. But on the same point Mason is trying to protect his family and would do anything in his power to do that even if it means murder. One thing I did not like was how Hamilton handle the relationship with Lauren. I felt like there was this big set up with her in the first book only to be let down that Hamilton really just discards her early in this book. I just feel like having the relationship was for nothing and but getting rid of it so soon in this book added nothing to the plot or story. I mean Mason has already lost his family I think he already understands loss loneliness and lack of normalcy in his life. I don't know Lauren just seemed to ground him a bit more and added a bit more human side of him and I was sad for Hamilton to take that away. Alright this is the second book that I have read by Hamilton and I enjoyed it from beginning to end, he just has a way of grabbing hold of you and never letting go. Now I need to check out his other books and series and hope the third book in this series gets published. Enjoy!!!
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I read this book for the Modern Noir square for the book BINGO. Not going to lie I had to look up what modern noir was and I had actually already read a few before. While this may not be the typical genre this book is associated with I still think it fits.
book_luvr94's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely loved this book. I happened across book 1 at the library and really enjoyed it. I love the character of Nick Mason. He is torn between doing the right thing and protecting the people he cares about. I am certainly a fan of this series and I hope there will be a third book!
I received a galley copy from First to Read.
I received a galley copy from First to Read.