Hostile Takeover

A John Lago Thriller

By: Shane Kuhn

Narrated by: Pete Simonelli

In the sequel to Shane Kuhn’s bestselling The Intern’s Handbook, professional assassin John Lago faces off against his deadliest adversary yet—his wife—in a thriller that has “all of the testosterone-bloated wisdom of Tucker Max mixed with the satire of American Psycho” (Entertainment Weekly).

At the end of The Intern’s Handbook, John tracks down his nemesis Alice but instead of putting a bullet in her head, he puts a ring on her finger and marries her. Together, they execute a hostile takeover of Human Resources, Inc., the “placement agency” that trains young assassins to infiltrate corporations disguised as interns and knock off high profile targets. As HR’s former top operatives, they are successful until conflicting management styles cause an ugly breakup that locks John out of the bedroom and the boardroom.

Then Alice takes on a new HR target, and John is forced to return to the office battlefield in a role he swore he would never play again: the intern. What starts out as a deadly showdown turns into the two of them fighting side by side to save HR, Inc.—and their marriage.

“Those who like Dexter will love John Lago” (Booklist), and this in this suspenseful sequel to The Intern’s Handbook, author Shane Kuhn’s wildly clever antihero needs to use all his wits to land on top. “Far grittier than a Bond film and infused with the mind-bending, identity-shifting elements of, say, Mission: Impossible, Hostile Takeover is fun, smart, and jam-packed with serious splatter and gore. Lago’s canny shenanigans will keep you riveted, from its taut opening pages to its explosive, cinematic ending” (The Boston Globe).

Fast paced and fun.

This was an enjoyable read. It was a fast-paced action packed thrill ride. However, it was often times cheesy and very unbelievable. If you don't take it too seriously ( I know, I know) you will enjoy it.

Loved it!

I'm glad I bought HOSTILE TAKEOVER before finishing up THE INTERN'S HANDBOOK. I would have hated pausing the action-packed John Lago series!

I highly recommend this series!

Mr and Mrs Smith on Crack Rock!

Guilty Pleasure? I think So! I was surprised by how good the first one was, but held off on getting this one. It does not disappoint!

Good, but not as good as the interns handbook

Worth the listen, good and thrilling sequel to the first book. But the book isn't as good a the first book about Lago, but it's still a good book. Good narration.

Not as much fun as the first book

John Lago, from The Intern's Hanbook, is back. He's together with his wife Alice and throughout the book they romp from one unbelievable exploit to another, gleefully assassinating as many bad guys as they can, and there are plenty of them to go around. The relationship with Alice does get a little bizarre with some almost deadly results, but amazingly it comes together. What is really amazing is how they get themselves in and out of impossible situations, and they do it with an unbelievable level of "cool."

This is a book that I would think about using a credit on. Knowing what I know now, I would wait for it to go on sale.

Pete Simonelli's narration is once again, superb. It raised it to 3 stars.