Reviews

The Approach by Chris Holm

yetanothersusan's review

3.0

Interesting short intro book to the Michael Hendricks series. Unlike the subsequent 2 books, this was written in the first person. The change of narration was a bit jarring since I had inadvertently read the first book in the series prior to reading this. The story was interesting and a tad humorous. It would be a good way to tease a person into reading the series.

A preview copy was provided by NetGalley and Mulholland Books in exchange for an honest review.

civreader's review

4.0

A short, very good intro to this series. Thankfully, I already have The Killing Kind and Red Right Hand. :)

drewsof's review

4.0

A delightful short featuring hitman-hitman Michael Hendricks, just before the start of The Killing Kind. It's a quick read (even quicker than its page count belies, as there's an extensive preview of Red Right Hand at the back) and Holm seems delighted to have a moment to just deliver some wham-bang action and call it a day. Lester makes an appearance and Hendricks isn't quite so road-weary as he is last time I saw him, so it was nice to go back to when things were a little simpler. The action is tremendous (it all pivots on one simple mistake made by Hendricks, one that is both funny [that's all down to Holm's writing] and quite nearly deadly) and yet there's still an opportunity to have a human moment. Hendricks makes a big deal out of being (somewhat) mercenary, but a story like this sheds more light on the heart we readers know to be there - while also reaffirming that if there's one dude you want on your side in a fight, it's Hendricks.