Book Review: Lethal Agent (Mitch Rapp Series #18)

 

Lethal Agent is the 18th book in the Mitch Rapp series, published in 2019. It is the fourth book in the series written solely by Kyle Mills, who took over the series by finishing the book The Survivor after Vince Flynn passed away in 2013.

This book ties back to the novel Order to Kill, picking up on the plotline from the end of that book and then getting into the new storyline. We find out that the fictional ISIS leader survived the grenade attack by Rapp in the cave and now he is plotting to not only get revenge on Rapp but release anthrax in the US ahead of the contentious presidential election. The antagonist politician in this novel is a character named Christine Barnett, who hates Irene Kennedy and Mitch Rapp and who is considered to be a shoo-in to win the upcoming election. The plot of the book basically involves ISIS working with the Mexican cartels to smuggle anthrax-laced drugs into the US across the southern border which turns into an even larger threat.

The book is just under 400 pages and reads fairly quickly. The action is spaced quite well to balance the slower parts of the story. Assuming anyone reading this has read the other books in the series, you should be able to get through it in the same amount of time you have read the other books. The book is also a bit prophetic in light of what would happen in the real world in 2020. Like Flynn did, Mills weaves some elements of real life into the book like the political division in the country, drugs being smuggled across the border, etc. If you have liked Mills' contribution to the series up to this point, you will probably like this book as well.