In the Dead of Night is the eleventh book in the Silence Jones Action Thrillers Series Books and since I have not read or listened to the previous ten, I was a bit concerned I would be lost from missing out on important backstories. However, the author, Erik Carter, brilliantly weaves just enough history to get me up to speed in this standalone thriller.
I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the main character, Silence Jones, who is an assassin employed by a mysterious, clandestine organization within the U.S. government known as The Watchers. When his handler, Doc Hazel, informs him The Watchers have been breached from within and the organization is now under Code Red, the action grabs you and doesn’t give you time to catch your breath until the very last paragraph.
Erik Carter is a master wordsmith, immersing the reader inside an intricate plot with perfect pacing and action sequences and memorable, realistic characters. As a listener, the icing on the cake to this intense novel is the impeccable narration by Gary Bennett, especially when voicing Silence’s harsh, gravelly voice.
Silence Jones is an efficient, deadly killer, tasked with taking out humanity’s trash, but what I found most fascinating about him is the internal struggle of holding on to the moral person he’d been before becoming an Asset of The Watchers or losing the connection to his old life permanently and becoming fully immersed as a cold-hearted killer.
I highly recommend this book for fans of action, adventure, vigilante justice, mystery, and a main character with grit and heart.