Review: Free to be Me

FREE TO BE ME by James Webb

Fiction, Thriller

4****

Blurb: Tawnya Davitakov is ordered to either convince the KGB’s US money launderer to begin work again or eliminate him. In her nine-year career, no one has ever been nice to her. Not anyone in Russia, Europe, or the Middle East. In her first assignment in the US, everyone is nice.
Weary from her dangerous and stressful work, she decides to quit and become an American. It seems easy. Not so much. She teams with an ex-fighter pilot to confront a Spetsnaz assault team, then travels to Russia one final time as an assassin.

THOUGHTS: I was reluctant to take this book on at first because I rarely read thrillers. I don’t like the overt violence and gore that goes with most of them. I’m glad the author convinced me otherwise. Yes, there is some violence in this, but it is not gory and did not give me nightmares. Ignoring that, this is a good story that starts with a bang and doesn’t let you go until the end.

Tawnya is a KGB operative assigned to a New York money launderer, but she discovers that she likes the freedom of America. Unfortunately, her handler doesn’t like that she wants to quit. He wants her back so he sends other agents after her. She gets help from an ex-military man and his friends and they show why they are the best. Unfortunately, she will not be free until she takes care of her boss, so they go to Russia. And gets free. Welcome to America.

I thought this was a well-written story, and yes, there is violence, but it is not graphic and the story ends well. The characters are interesting and there is a lot of action. I would read another book by this author.