Ripper filled with drama and twists

• Published date: 29 May 2023
• Publication title: Bush Telegraph

By Gregg Hurwitz, Penguin Random House, $37

Hurwitz made his name as a bestseller with Orphan X, and this follows the same lines, the eighth book in an Orphan series.

Evan Smoak was taken out of a group home as an orphan, and trained as an assassin for the government. But he left the programme and took a lot of secrets with him. He became the Nowhere Man, helping the most desperate but finding himself back on the government’s radar. It had managed to eliminate most of the trained orphans and he’s the last. One little error and the president has control, offering him a...