Kill Shot was published by Atria Books in 2012. Set six months after American Assassin, young Mitch Rapp is on his ninth kill mission — targeting a Libyan intelligence officer in Paris — when the operation is compromised. Rapp is shot, wounded, and hunted through the streets of Paris while someone within the CIA works to ensure he doesn’t survive. The betrayal forces Rapp to question whether the agency that created him considers him expendable.
The novel deepens the origin story: Rapp’s trust issues, his willingness to operate alone, and his contempt for bureaucratic self-interest all trace to this early betrayal.
Paris
Flynn’s Paris — the hotel rooms, the streets, the embassy quarter, the safe houses — is rendered with operational specificity. The city becomes a hunting ground, and the sequences where a wounded Rapp navigates through a hostile urban environment are among the series’ most tense.
Collecting Kill Shot
First edition (Atria Books, New York, 2012): Boards with dust jacket.
Approximate market values:
- Fine in dust jacket: $15–$30
- Signed first edition: $40–$120
Projected values (2026–2036): Modest appreciation.