There is a sense of Ludlum’s “Jason Bourne” and a touch of Lee Child’s “Reacher” in Mitch Rapp, an American assassin who finds himself on the run after being set-up during a mission in Paris. In this second book Flynn has evolved as a writer, creating a tighter set of plots that build throughout the story and then crescendo together in a brutal and satisfying climax. I am so glad that I did because the second book was even better than the first one. I enjoyed it so much that I immediately bought the second prequel novel “Kill Shot” on my Amazon Kindle. It is being made into a movie that will be released this September (2017). Vince Flynn passed away on Jafter a three year battle with prostate cancer.Ībout a week ago I finished “American Assassin” – the first (prequel) book in the “Mitch Rapp” thriller series by Vince Flynn. The book went to number one in the Twin Cities, and within a week had a new agent and two-book deal with Pocket Books, a Simon & Schuster imprint. Five years and more than sixty rejection letters later he took the unusual step of self-publishing his first novel.

Like many struggling artists before him, he bartended at night and wrote during the day. He quit his job, moved to Colorado, and began working full time on what would eventually become Term Limits. After two years with United Properties he decided to take a big gamble. During his spare time he worked on an idea he had for a book. Having been stymied by the Marine Corps, Flynn returned to the nine-to-five grind and took a job with United Properties, a commercial real estate company in the Twin Cities.

This was a very unusual choice for Flynn since he had been diagnosed with dyslexia in grade school and had struggled with reading and writing all his life.

While trying to obtain a medical waiver for his condition, he started thinking about writing a book.

One week before leaving for Officers Candidate School, he was medically disqualified from the Marine Aviation Program, due to several concussions and convulsive seizures he suffered growing up. In 1990 he left Kraft to accept an aviation candidate slot with the United States Marine Corps. Thomas with a degree in economics in 1988.Īfter college he went to work for Kraft General Foods where he was an account and sales marketing specialist. Thomas Academy in 1984, and the University of St. The fifth of seven children, Vince Flynn was born in St.

Kill Shot by Vince Flynn