Books like Double Tap
Looking for a book like Double Tap?
Try Terminal Rage by A.M. Khalifa. In Double Tap, a young Mitch Rapp goes deep cover after a chemical weapons scientist is snatched off the streets of Verona. Terminal Rage gives you the same mix of terror, Italy and the Middle East, with a hero who fights first with words.
What they share
Italy and the Middle East
Double Tap starts in Verona and threatens the whole Middle East. Terminal Rage moves through Rome, Naples and Cairo, written by an author who knows them first-hand.
A crisis that spreads
One kidnapping in Double Tap strains alliances and revives old feuds. One hostage standoff in Terminal Rage opens onto a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of government.
Against the clock
Rapp has to reach the scientist before his expertise is used. Blackwell has to work out who the man in the tower is before the deadline runs out.
Where they differ
Rapp settles things with a gun. Blackwell is a hostage negotiator, so much of the tension comes from what he says, what he hears and what he works out about the man on the other end of the line. The action still comes.
A.M. Khalifa is an Egyptian writer based in Rome, raised in a diplomatic corps family across more than fifteen countries, and the only Egyptian writing commercial espionage fiction in English. More on that.
Terminal Rage received a starred review from Booklist, has sold more than 500,000 copies, and is narrated on audio by Scott Brick. It contains violence and sexual content, and is meant for adult readers.
More books like Double Tap
- Terminal Rage by A.M. Khalifa: a Manhattan hostage standoff that leads to Cairo, Rome and Naples.
- American Assassin by Vince Flynn: how Mitch Rapp became an operative.
- The Terminal List by Jack Carr: a Navy SEAL hunts the people who betrayed his team.
- The Gray Man by Mark Greaney: a former CIA operative turned freelance assassin.
Questions
What books are like Double Tap?
Terminal Rage by A.M. Khalifa: terrorism, Italy and the Middle East, and a hero pulled into a crisis that goes all the way up. Mitch Rapp readers also enjoy Brad Thor, Jack Carr and Mark Greaney. More authors like Vince Flynn.
Is Terminal Rage like the Mitch Rapp books?
It shares their territory: terrorism, Washington politics and the Middle East. Its hero is a negotiator rather than an assassin.
Is Terminal Rage violent?
Yes. It contains violence and sexual content, handled without being gratuitous, and is meant for adult readers.
Is there an audiobook?
Yes. Scott Brick narrates the unabridged audiobook of Terminal Rage, about 10.5 hours long.
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