The Intern's Handbook by Shane Kuhn

I can't remember how this book ended up on the ottoman of "to read before summer ends but only after Nutmegs are done".  It may have come from the Scholastic Warehouse sale, as they do sometimes have adult novels in the mix.  It may also have come from the West Haven Public Library's fundraiser day at Barnes and Noble.  I'm really not sure!

However it came across my desk, er, ottoman, I'm glad it did.  I looked it up on Amazon and see it's the start of a series, and possibly (it's kinda confusing) a re-release of an earlier novel by a different name.

Anyway, John Lago is an assassin.  He has no family; orphaned as a baby to drug addicted parents, in and out of the foster and prison systems his entire childhood.  He is found by the director of an elite assassination firm and trained to kill.  Reaching 25, he is set to retire comfortably, but for reasons we find out later, he has written a secret handbook for new recruits to the profession, detailing his final job.

John's specialty is to disguise himself as an intern: the lowest of the low in the corporate world (heck, the education world too--free labor in exchange for recommendations and resume references).  In reality, his task is to off someone in the firm.  For this job, it's as a legal intern in one of the biggest firms in New York.  His target is one of the title partners.

Everything looks easy peasy, until John finds out the FBI is hunting the same man, and sends one its best in the form of another intern, now junior associate Alice.

What follows is a cat and mouse game between John, Alice, the partner, John's employer, the FBI, the mafia, and a host of other who-is-out-to-get-whom characters.  It was a super fast read that I could not put down!  Might have to get the sequel!  This will be added to the LMC collection sometime this fall.

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