Book 5- The Gray Man

 

The Gray Man by Mark Greaney

This novel was started on July 29, 2024, and finished on August 28, 2024; it was 371 pages. This was chosen by my niece, Allionna.

This novel was a reread for me. I read this in 2021 and am quite impressed with how much I don't really remember from the first read. I was intrigued from start to finish essentially. I gave this book a personal rating of 4-stars.

Summary (SPOILERS!!)

    This book follows the relentless journey of Courtland Gentry, known to his employers and adversaries as "The Gray Man." He has a reputation of being the deadliest hitman.

    Money and power are things that drive many of his employers that hire him. But for him, those things are nothing to him. It is a story similar to if Robin Hood had a gun. These two things though, drive the goal of Lloyd, a person hired by the LaurantGroup to produce Gentry's head on a platter after his last job. A contract between the LaurantGroup and another company is in jeopardy after Court kills a man who is the brother of one of the contract holders. To persuade the assassin to reveal himself and give Lloyd the chance to take him out, he has to rescue his trusted employer, Sir Donaly Fitzroy. Gentry fights for his life and the lives of Fitzroy's family. He works tirelessly through the country fighting multiple kill teams looking for his head.

Favorite Quote

"A half dozen dead shitheads are, after all, a half dozen dead shitheads."

"I had a plan, but bringing you along wasn't part of it, so don't start bitching about me making this shit up as I go."

"The Gray Man is one bad son of a bitch. He don't care, he don't scare."

"Don't ask me, boys. I just work here."

"There is no money in patriotism, I'm afraid."

"Here in Risk Management Operations, we like to say that every problem can be dealt with one of two ways. A problem can be tolerated, or a problem can be terminated."

"Rumor had it he'd already made more money than he could ever need, so the inference was that he did what he did for the purpose of righting wrongs, protecting the weak, making the world a better place through the muzzle of his gun."

"Court knew to loathe men who referred to themselves in the third person. But he also knew to be polite when in need."

"The high ground was supposed to be a tactical advantage, but Gentry saw, this high ground sucked."

"If you touch Claire or Kate, I will find you and I will torture you so slowly that the only prayer on your lips will be for a quick death."

"Court's most valuable piece of kit is between his ears. The only weapon he needs is his mind. Everything else; guns, knives, bombs... they're all just accessories."

"If I get past security and make it up there to heaven, I'll put in a good word for you with the Man. See if I can't save your scrawny ass in the afterlife, too."

"Typical of Fitzroy, If Sir Donald himself had made this call, Court would have told him all was lost. But the cagey bastard had known Gentry would be in dire straits right about now, so who better to entice him to keep up the fight than one of the twins?"

"Monsieur, I do not know what you do for a living, and I do not want to know. But whatever it is, I think you should find some other type of job."

"It's a virtual United Nations of assholes around here."