"Killing someone. I'll tell you what: It's good that you suffered. Means you still have a soul."And Ash McKenna is suffering under the weight of circumstances beyond his control. He finds himself in Old World Prague that is now lined with New World technology. The neighborhood menu may boast of delicious pig knuckles, but crime and misfortune are served up and overflowing. Indigestion and fear become twin sisters that just don't seem to go away.Ash McKenna, amateur private investigator, travels

Ash McKenna an expat living in Prague working as a general caretaker for rental apartments scattered around the city and thinking that its time to move on is approached by a supposed US government agent to carry out an operation which he agrees to do when his mother back in the states is threatened when he tries to refuse. He is to intercept a package being passed to bank employee at night on a bridge, but the job goes wrong when a Russian agent interferes and Ash ends up in the river. He is now...

I'm somewhere between a 3 and a 4 but I gave it 4 because espionage (not spy imo) is not something I usually read or enjoy. I'm not even sure why I took this out of the library - maybe looking for something different?Anyways, the pacing was perfect for me. I don't need books to add to my anxiety and very tense books tend to rachet it up for me (which may just mean I'm invested and it's good writing - but I do stay away from that). I thought the story was well thought through, violent (but let's

This book is hard to put down. Ashley McKenna takes part is some shady deals in Prague and elsewhere, and he also thinks of himself as an amateur detective. He gets in over his head when someone blackmails him into meeting someone from whom he must obtain a document. Naturally, the meeting on the bridge does not go as planned and the story moves on from there with a helpful but very untrustworthy woman who is possibly an international spy or may even work for the US government. Ash is led into v...

WARNING: This book is word crack. Do not start late at night or if you have anything pressing to do, because once you start you will not stop until you're finished. Crack, I tell you. You have been warned.

The story zips along, but somehow, having read the three previous Ask McKenna books, this one somehow disappointed me. I admire Hart's significantly shifting the location of each story, but Prague is less vivid that the other books to date (New York City, Portland, OR, and Georgia, in order). This is also more of a spy story and thriller than a mystery, and I liked better what Hart did with the previous mysteries.Ash comes through as pretty bland, for the first time in the series. He is here jus...

I was drawn to this thriller because it's set in Prague, and the environment did not disappoint! It was fun to read about the streets I walk on every day and know the buildings that the trying-to-do-the-right-thing sorta-detective describes. It's a fun romp with double-crosses and a satisfying wrap-up.Love the theme of returning to the "Moscow Rules" and the bits of history and lore sprinkled throughout.

Five star action! I could not stop reading this! Seriously! The quick wit, the action, the mesmerizing settings, and the ‘what could possibly happen next?’ factor, kept me turning pages! Ash McKenna, while on life’s sabbatical, is in Prague when he is approached by a man who offers him a job he can’t refuse. He can’t refuse because the man threatens to kill Ash's mother. And, the action begins. The man, Roman, orders Ash to recover something from a woman, Samantha. Ash and Samantha wind up joini...

The best is saved for last. I’m a huge fan of the Ash McKenna series and didn’t think I could love anything more than CITY OF ROSE, but this is hands down the best in the series. It’s much different than the others for various reasons that are all good. First of all, it’s an international spy thriller but not really. It’s so much better. I’m not a big fan of spy thrillers but this is totally Ash McKenna. Ash doesn’t pretend to be something he’s not and feels out of his element alongside Samantha...

Rob Hart is at the top of his game here, and it's really a sight to see. One of my favorite books of the year. With PRAGUE, Hart elevates his already-great Ash McKenna series and shows the world why he's one of the crime writers to watch in the coming years. It's a bravura performance, really. Preorder this book immediately. You will not be let down. While I'd suggest reading the first three Ash books because I love them, this novel can stand on its own, so don't hesitate to dive in because it's...

This one is bittersweet, folks. I mean, really, it's a GREAT installment in the Ash McKenna series. Aside from book 1, with just one for me left after this book for finishing the series, The Woman from Prague could be the BEST in the series. Maybe? Kinda sorta? I admit it took me a while to get to this book after Rob Hart used and abused my wilting yet devoted hart (teehee...and my last name is Valentine) with book 3, South Village. Ladies and gents, those in-between, that book suuuuuuuuuuucked....

I loved New Yorked, so I was excited to read The Woman From Prague, especially with its international setting, something I always enjoy in a novel. This novel did not disappoint.It is fast-paced, yet still allows the main character, Ashley McKenna, moments of introspection about his goals and the status of his life. When he teams up with Samantha, the woman he was supposed to take something of value from during a mysterious exchange, there is sizzling chemistry, full of potential violence, excit...

Ash McKenna is hiding from his past, but it just...keeps coming after him, in weird and unexpected ways.He's doing better than when we last saw him in South Village. He's kicked his boozy ways to the curb, and he's working an oddball job in Prague, surviving and soaking in the beauty of an ancient city. Maybe he's starting to heal, after months of chaos and despair?When a man claiming to work for a "secret government agency" shows up and threatens Ash's mom if Ash doesn't take a random spy-ish j...

Ash McKenna is laying low in Prague where a sinister American and his two Czech thugs bust into his apartment with an offer Ash cannot refuse. Either Ash follows a certain blonde to a meeting where someone will give her something and he must rob her of that something, or bad things will happen to Ash’s mother back in New York.Ash had hoped he was done with criminal activity, even doing bad things for good reasons, but it is his mother, after all. So he follows the blonde to a 4 AM meeting on a d...

I've read the first four books in this series now, and it's consistently intriguing. I know I'll be on board at some point for the fifth and concluding outing with Ash McKenna.The markedly different settings of each adventure are a big plus, especially the way Rob Hart brings them to life so skillfully. What's more, the adventures themselves are just good entertainment. The fight scenes are terrific, and the dialogue between Sam and Ash is a lot of fun. Her putdowns would be withering for most c...

A good action adventure thriller. I can't quite give it 5 stars because it's an overdone genre, some plot holes, and not all mysteries are explained. Ash is a semi-bad guy who's done some good too. He escapes to Prague and tries to reform. A mysterious group forces him to steal something from a spy by using the "I'll kill your mother if you don't" threat. I don't know why they think he can take on a highly trained operative. The mission is aborted when an assassin from a third party shows up. Th...

Ash McKenna is killing time in Prague when a man approaches and asks Ash to do a job for him. When Ash refuses, the man threatens Ash's mother. He soon finds himself up to his ears in deadly assassins, attractive spies and not-so-attractive henchmen. Author Rob Hart has a wonderful sense of pacing and an ear for dialogue. It's a cliche to say, "I couldn't stop reading." The truth is, I didn't want to stop reading. Whether your familiar with Ash's exploits or a newcomer to this modern anti-hero,

I hate to say I agree with Roman (one of the characters), but I did get tired of the coarse language. I realize we're dealing with Eastern European thugs here, but I grew weary of the vulgarity. On the other hand, the plot line was engaging, and it was fun to escape to Prague and Krakow for a while. In fact, the second half of the book was so engaging, that I read it in one sitting. So, be forewarned. The character development was good, too. The relationship between Ash and Kaz was very well dev...

My only complaint about this book is that I brought it on a plane (Newark to O'Hare) thinking I'd have something read for my flight out and my flight back home, but once I started it I couldn't put it down. I ended up reading the whole thing in one day and needed to find a new book for the flight home. Probably the best installment yet of the Ash McKenna series, can't wait for more from Rob Hart.

Ash McKenna lives by one precep...always try to do the right thing. It's gotten him into trouble in the past. So right now, he's hanging out in Prague while some proverbial dust settles. Then he gets blackmailed by some men who claim to represent an unnamed clandestine government agency into doing a job for them. Things never turn out as planned and Ash finds himself under attack and without knowing who can be trusted.