Denied Access: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Don Bentley

By Don Bentley and Vince Flynn

Book Overview

" A] callback to what makes Rapp such a special character, and a white-knuckle reminder of why this series remains the gold standard of the political thriller genre." --The Real Book Spy

Don Bentley completes the trilogy begun with American Assassin by taking Mitch Rapp back to his fledgling assassin days, picking up where Kill Shot ended, on a mission to save the woman he loves amid a CIA showdown with the Russian intelligence services in a new thriller from the author of Vince Flynn's #1 New York Times bestselling series.

The Central Intelligence Agency is in crisis.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Congress is questioning the organization's necessity. Interim CIA director Thomas Stansfield must fight for his agency's survival while explaining why the previous candidate for his job was found murdered in a French hotel--surrounded by booze, cash, and dead men. Worst yet, a brilliantly run sting operation in Moscow has resulted in the arrest of America's most prized Russian asset and the expulsion of his CIA handler.

With the CIA's Moscow Station now paralyzed by the catastrophic intelligence failure, Stansfield seeks help from Mitch Rapp, a newly minted assassin in the secretive Orion program. But Rapp has problems of his own: when his Swiss girlfriend Greta's grandfather receives a box containing the head of a former Cold War comrade along with a note promising that Greta's head will be next, Rapp finds himself on the frontlines in a war between the American and Russian intelligence services. To protect the woman he loves and save the CIA from destruction, Rapp must be willing to risk everything.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1668045877
• ISBN13: 9781668045879
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

The Mitch Rapp book I didn't know I needed!

Don Bentley did an amazing job finishing up the American Assassin trilogy! Because there have been so many great books since Kill Shot, this was the story I didn't know I needed and wow, it delivered! The story picks up immediately after Kill Shot and deals with the crises brewing within the CIA and with Russian intelligence. Story and character development is excellent and the attention to detail I loved in Vince's writing is there as well. I love getting to know more about Stansfield and young Irene Kennedy before they rose in the ranks...and of course, who doesn't love Stan Hurley! I'm amazed at how seamless the story is being finished by another writer. In Don Bentley's now 2 Mitch Rapp novels, he's kept up the detail, the action, and the characters while filling in parts of the arc that hadn't been visited yet. Denied Access is fun to read - full of action, intrigue, all the characters we love, and gives another look at the development of younger Mitch Rapp. It's immediately engrossing and before you know it, you'll be finished and wanting more!