The Third Option

The Third Option
by Vince Flynn

The Third Option
List Price: $25.00
Our Price: $14.47
You Save: $10.53 (42%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions


(Click here)
Buy this book at online book store in your country
Canada | UK | Germany | France

Book Summary Information

Author: Vince Flynn
Reader: Armand Schultz
Edition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Published: 2000-11-01
ISBN: 0743506529
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Book Reviews of The Third Option

Book Review: Powerful
Summary: 5 Stars

The Third Option is Flynn's third spy thriller. Each one seem a little better then the previous. Nuff said, simply the best.

Summary of The Third Option

When diplomacy has failed and military intervention is deemed inappropriate, our leaders often turn to a silent and dark community for results. This is a course of action not always taken by wise and honorable men. In certain circles it is known as

The Third Option

Fresh from retaking a battle-scarred White House after a vicious terrorist attack, Mitch Rapp, the CIA's top counter-terrorism operative, is sent on his final mission. His target: a well-known German industrialist who has been selling highly sensitive equipment to one of the world's most notorious sponsors of terrorism. As Rapp meticulously prepares to take the man out, he has no idea that there are forces within his own government that are plotting to use him.

The conspirators have devised a bold plan that will damage the president and ruin the career of the incoming director of the CIA's Counter-terrorism Center. Unfortunately, they have made one horrible miscalculation: they have chosen Mitch Rapp as their pawn. Their worst nightmare is about to be realized. They have enraged one of the most lethal and efficient killers the CIA has ever produced -- and he will stop at nothing until he finds out who set him up.

With action that sizzles from the opening paragraph and insider details that bring the story to vivid life, The Third Option showcases a New York Times bestselling author who is just hitting the peak of his extraordinary storytelling powers.


Rancorous political infighting surrounds the selection of a successor to the dying head of the CIA just as Mitch Rapp, the agency's top operative, embarks on a dangerous mission to take out a well-known German industrialist believed to be supplying Middle East terrorists with highly sensitive equipment critical to constructing a nuclear bomb. When Rapp's ultimately successful mission is compromised from within, ailing CIA director Thomas Stansfield puts his imprimatur on the efforts of his chosen successor, Irene Kennedy, director of the agency's Counterterrorism Center, to identify the powerful interests both inside and outside the agency that wanted Rapp to fail.

The motive soon becomes clear; there are people who'll stop at nothing to remove Kennedy from the helm of the agency after Stansfield dies. One thing they didn't count on was Rapp's survival, and now he's a lethal weapon whose sights are fixed directly on the most powerful among them. This is a strong, swift thriller, a bit predictable (the senator in the black hat has dogs named Caesar and Brutus) but nonetheless involving. Author Vince Flynn sustains the dramatic tension from the opening paragraph to the last; in Mitch Rapp, he's got the makings of a promising series hero. --Jane Adams

Mystery Books

Book Subjects
Most talked about in Mystery Books
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (Cat Who...) ImageThe Cat Who Could Read Backwards (Cat Who...)
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Recorded Books; Published: 2001-04; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $24.99
Cross (Alex Cross) ImageCross (Alex Cross)
by James Patterson
Hachette Audio; Published: 2006-11-13; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $7.85
Price in other shops: $29.98
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1) ImageOne for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1)
by Janet Evanovich
Simon & Schuster Audio; Published: 2000-08-01; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $9.75
Price in other shops: $9.98
Without Fail (Jack Reacher) ImageWithout Fail (Jack Reacher)
by Lee Child
Brilliance Audio Audiobooks; Published: 2003-04-10; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $16.82
The Vanished Man (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) ImageThe Vanished Man (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel)
by Jeffery Deaver
Simon & Schuster Audio; Published: 2003-03-01; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $0.99
Price in other shops: $26.00
Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 13) ImageLean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 13)
by Janet Evanovich
MacMillan Audio; Published: 2007-06-19; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $14.89
Price in other shops: $24.95
Twelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum, No. 12) ImageTwelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum, No. 12)
by Janet Evanovich
MacMillan Audio; Published: 2006-06-20; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $0.43
Price in other shops: $29.95
The Cat Who Played Brahms (Cat Who...) ImageThe Cat Who Played Brahms (Cat Who...)
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Recorded Books; Published: 2001-03; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $14.45
Price in other shops: $24.95
The Cat Who Saw Red (Cat Who...) ImageThe Cat Who Saw Red (Cat Who...)
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Recorded Books; Published: 2001-07; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $16.47
Price in other shops: $24.95
The Whole Truth ImageThe Whole Truth
by David Baldacci
Hachette Audio; Published: 2008-04-22; Audio Cassette; Book
Best price: $24.44
Price in other shops: $49.98
Similar Books and other products
State of the Union: A Thriller ImageState of the Union: A Thriller
by Brad Thor
Pocket; Published: 2005-05-24; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.87
Price in other shops: $7.99
Blowback: A Thriller ImageBlowback: A Thriller
by Brad Thor
Pocket; Published: 2006-05-23; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.28
Price in other shops: $7.99
Protect and Defend: A Thriller ImageProtect and Defend: A Thriller
by Vince Flynn
Atria Books; Published: 2007-10-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.75
Price in other shops: $26.95
Act of Treason ImageAct of Treason
by Vince Flynn
Pocket; Published: 2007-08-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.40
Price in other shops: $9.99
Consent to Kill: A Thriller (Mitch Rapp Novels) ImageConsent to Kill: A Thriller (Mitch Rapp Novels)
by Vince Flynn
Pocket Star; Published: 2006-08-22; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.69
Price in other shops: $9.99
Memorial Day ImageMemorial Day
by Vince Flynn
Published: 2004-04-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.08
Price in other shops: $25.95
Term Limits ImageTerm Limits
by Vince Flynn
Pocket Star; Published: 1999-07-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.18
Price in other shops: $7.99
Executive Power (FLYNN, VINCE) ImageExecutive Power (FLYNN, VINCE)
by Vince Flynn
Pocket Books; Published: 2003-05-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $22.61
Price in other shops: $25.00
Transfer of Power ImageTransfer of Power
by Vince Flynn
Pocket Star; Published: 2000-06-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.00
Price in other shops: $7.99
Separation of Power ImageSeparation of Power
by Vince Flynn
Pocket; Published: 2002-09-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.84
Price in other shops: $7.99
Book store. Illustrated catalog of books on different categories