The Assassin and the Pianist: Book 4 in the Dan Stone series (Assassin Series)

The title says it all! How can a sensitive pianist be in love with our assassin? You will love the simplicity of this thriller.

I especially like David’s convoluted style that keeps the reader off guard if thinking they know how the story is going to unfold. With that you can’t put the book down.

Who would think Author David Nees could bring a primary character into the story with such research of her and see its major contribution and importance to believability. Even my wife would enjoy this! What comes next?

Dan Stone is rescued by the beautiful music. But the Evil powers pursue him relentlessly. This could easily be an Arthurian story, set in the 11th century.

Book one thru four takes you into the lonely world of an American sniper and that there are spiritual forces to help man kind. Book 5, continues with his life that will never be normal. Love this series.

David Nees is at the top of my list of authors! His writings of books one through four in the Dan Stone series held me tied to the plot line through its entire length... without any let down. Without exception, lead character Dan Stone equals the baddest of the Intelligence Super Hero Ghosts including the three Jacks, Ryan, Nobel, and Reacher! I don't want to give away anything that might lessen your enjoyment of this book. My only regret is that there is no Book 5 to go onward. But as mister Nees masterfully drew all the loose threads to a conclusion in The Assassin and the Pianist, he left the door slightly ajar for a future follow up for further Dan Stone episodes with Jane, his CIA handler and the rest of the supporting characters. Perhaps that is only my wishful thinking but It gives me something to hope for from this outstanding writer.Addendum: My wish for book 5 in the Dan Stone series apparently flew outward on supersonic wings and has already been granted with the latest addition, Death In The Congo. I have no idea what direction this newest addition will go but I'm looking forward to a an exciting ride with Dan Stone book #5. Thank you David Nees!

On the surface the book is good and the story is good. But there are two things that really, really disappointed me. I can see where this author is not polished. This is the 4th book and in those books when Dan shot somebody in the head, the author has written perhaps 15-20 times, “his head exploded”. I am so tired of reading this phrase! Finally at the end of this book he wrote something else. Thank God. I enjoy this genre of book. What I didn’t enjoy was the minutia on music detail. I literally skipped hundreds of pages to skip over boring facts (to me) about historical music facts, different ways to play music and literally hundreds of other music facts I care nothing about. The author almost lost me with this trip down music lane. If I wanted to know about music, I would have purchased a different genre book. Imagine buying a sports book and 25% of that book is about flowers? You’d go, “what the hell?” That how I felt when I read this book. But overall this book survives on a good story, but just barely.

Mysteries of one losing memories are always in enticing. Was one nice or a beast? Dan meets a beautiful concert pianist, Christiana who saves him from assassins while he is trying to regain memory of who he was. She is at a career transition: great technique but lack of emotion. Dan takes care of that and ignites her libido with steamy romance novel scenes. Ok, but this is an action book, and soon bullets fly. All kind of bad guys trying to hurt civilization with a virus. Dan soon finds he has techniques AND emotion as body counts pile up. This was a great story as one would not expect the art angle. As a pianist myself, I wish she played some crowd pleasers such as, Rachmaninov prelude in G Minor or Chopin Fantasie. Playing more Chopin would help Christiana’s conversion. It didn’t hurt Rubinstein. So what happens to the lovers? That is worth the price of admission... great job.

This series stands out in a genre chock-full of violent thrillers. It is about an American, yet not too Yank to appeal to a wider audience. Much of the series is based in Europe and elsewhere, so it isn't the typical parochial US-based thriller. It is well-written and very engaging, by an author who is clearly well-traveled.

I thought the series was starting to loose some intensity,but boy was I wrong. A dam find read with lots of excitement!

I just couldn’t put this book down. Number 5 is next and I hope it doesn’t disappoint. They just get better and better.

To much time spent on the music side of the story if I wanted a book on music I would of brought one.Shame as I do like this author

To get to the next page. On your toes all the time.