Capture or Kill: A Mitch Rapp Novel by Don Bentley

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Mitch Rapp faces an Iranian foe bent on destabilizing the Middle East in this “bloody, electrifying adventure” (The Real Book Spy) from Vince Flynn’s #1 New York Times bestselling series, now written by the “worthy successor to Tom Clancy” (Publishers Weekly) Don Bentley.

April 2011: On a remote mountaintop overlooking the remains of the Iranian nuclear weapons program, Azad Ashani witnesses the successful demonstration of a new weapons system meant to upend the American-led war in Afghanistan. Ashani, director of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Irene Kennedy’s former back channel to the Iranian government, recognizes the demonstration’s true significance, and the nation-ending conflict it will provoke. Alone, Ashani stands no chance of preventing this rush to madness.

But with the help of one man, he just might.

In Washington, DC, CIA director Irene Kennedy briefs the president that the operational window to kill or capture Osama bin Laden at his recently discovered compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan is rapidly closing. But before he’ll authorize a commando raid on Pakistani soil, the president demands irrefutable proof of bin Laden’s presence.

Proof he trusts just one man to provide.

Preventing a looming war in the Middle East while delivering justice for the nearly 3,000 Americans killed on 9/11 would be a big ask for anyone but Mitch Rapp isn’t just anyone in this high-octane thriller that is perfect for “action junkies” (Kirkus Reviews).

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"Expect a bloody, electrifying adventure that reminds readers why American assassin Mitch Rapp is still the most badass character in print today." ― The Real Book Spy

“As a former Apache pilot and FBI SWAT member, Bentley brings a been-there-done-that authenticity that few can match. Action sequences are uniformly relentless, detailed, and sweeping. Somehow, though, they never detract from the layered storytelling critical to espionage thrillers. Take it from me, not an easy feat.” ― Kyle Mills, Best Thriller Books

“A gripping story that will leave you breathless, Capture of Kill is an unyielding adrenaline rush of fierce kinetic action delivered at breakneck speed. Don Bentley enters the Rapp-verse throwing haymakers in a full-throttle adventure of bullets, beatdowns and brinkmanship.” -- Steve, Best Thriller Books

“Capture or Kill is every bit the white knuckle, hair-raising thrill ride that you’d expect from the former Apache pilot who wrote it. Don Bentley brings his unique insights and skills to the Rapp franchise and has crafted a story that will please even the most ardent long time fans.” -- Todd, Best Thriller Books

“Crisp and engaging, with action scenes that are vividly described and meticulously crafted. His ability to maintain suspense and excitement throughout the novel is superb. Capture or Kill is easily one of the best action thrillers of 2024” -- Steve T., Best Thriller Books

“Capture or Kill is an extremely entertaining Mitch Rapp story and Bentley certainly nails the high-octane nature of an action-packed extravaganza. Rapp is certainly back fresher than ever with his tough guy persona and don’t-mess-with-me attitude that reflects the days of Vince Flynn’s writings.” -- Kashif, Best Thriller Books

“A cleverly created storyline with violent and brutal adversaries provides another nail-biting adventure for Rapp that is a must-read for all thriller fans.” -- Chris, Best Thriller Books

“Author Bentley has successfully spun yarns in the Tom Clancy universe, and here he moves smoothly into Vince Flynn’s. Their writing styles and that of Kyle Mills are indistinguishable, as if they could slip into each other’s skins…Action junkies will gobble this up.” ― Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

#1 New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn (1966–2013) created one of contemporary fiction’s most popular heroes: CIA counterterrorist agent Mitch Rapp, featured in thirteen of Flynn’s acclaimed political thrillers. All of his novels are New York Times bestsellers, including his stand-alone debut novel, Term Limits.

Don Bentley is the New York Times bestselling author of multiple books in several series including the Matt Drake novels, the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan Jr. series, and now the Vince Flynn Mitch Rapp series. Don is a former FBI Special Agent, SWAT team member, and Army Apache helicopter pilot. Learn more at DonBentleyBooks.com.

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Chapter 1 CHAPTER 1
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

“I’M taking this chair.”

The muscular Pakistani man grabbed the chair in question and dragged it across AstroTurf-coated concrete to the far side of the patio. He didn’t wait for a reply from the table’s occupant. The Pakistani’s companion, a pretty brunette, frowned at her date’s boorish behavior. Though the sun had long since set and the evening’s unseasonably muggy air settled on the shoulders of her robin-egg blue shalwar kameez like a thick cotton blanket, she still shivered.

Sunrise Café was a trendy spot, and its outdoor courtyard was much in demand. The patio was populated by white wicker tables and matching chairs adorned with plush red cushions. Potted plants surrounded the seating area and hung from wooden adornments while cooling electric fans provided a semblance of a breeze.

The breeze had not caused the woman’s shiver.

Something about the slim man seated alone at the far side of the café gave her pause. Though there was nothing about his manner to suggest that he’d understood what her boyfriend had said, or taken offense at her date’s rude actions, the woman could not shake her sense of unease.

The man had an olive complexion and thick, black hair that had begun to gray at the temples. He could have passed for a half a dozen nationalities, but his expensive linen slacks, tailored sport coat, and silk dress shirt worn open at the collar had a European flair. He hadn’t so much as looked up from his paper during the earlier interaction, but as if he could feel her gaze, he did so now.

The woman swallowed.

Though the man’s face bore no malice, his eyes made her stomach tremble. The black orbs stared through her, and she shivered a second time.

“Sorry,” the woman said, mouthing the word.

The man gazed at her for a beat longer.

Then, he slowly nodded.

“Sorry for what?” her date said. “Him? He’s nothing.”

The woman smiled at her companion as he settled into his chair. “I’m sure you’re right,” she said.

Her boyfriend was not right.

The man had gone back to his paper and a sense of calm settled over the patio, though the woman couldn’t help but think that it was the calm before a storm.

Mitch Rapp was accustomed to being underestimated.

To be fair, Rapp made a practice of appearing as something other than he was. This was not so much because he was embarrassed about his vocation as that what he did for a living wasn’t often discussed in polite company.

Rapp was a professional killer.

“FAIRBANKS confirmed. I say again, FAIRBANKS confirmed, over.”

Rapp fought the urge to grind his teeth at the radio transmission, choosing instead to vent his frustration on his espresso. Selecting the unsuspecting spoon lying adjacent to the ceramic cup, he stirred the dark contents with an altogether unnecessary vigor.

Rapp knew that the man currently making his way down School Road toward Sunrise Café had been given the CIA code name FAIRBANKS. He knew that the Pakistani businessman owned homes on three continents. Rapp knew that he walked with an altered gait because of a cricket injury that had occurred at age twelve, that his hook nose curved slightly to the left, and that his right cheek sported a trio of pockmarks courtesy of a bout of measles.

Pockmarks that formed a precise isosceles triangle.

Rapp also knew that FAIRBANKS was a shitbag of the first order.

He knew all this because Rapp had been hunting FAIRBANKS for the better part of five years and, after finding him, had personally pitched this operation to Irene Kennedy, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Rapp’s boss. Rapp no more needed a CIA analyst who was watching FAIRBANKS’s route of travel from miles away, courtesy of a clandestine camera to verify the businessman’s identity, than he needed help picking out his own mother from across the kitchen table.

But the voice was whispering in his ear all the same.

With a final stir of the swirling liquid, Rapp tapped the spoon on the edge of his cup before setting the utensil on the saucer’s edge. The silverware’s placement was perfect, exactly ninety degrees from the cup and without a drop of liquid to foul the white tablecloth or the precisely folded newspaper lying to the cup’s left. This level of attention to detail was not because he suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder or because he had a particular penchant for table manners.

No, his current behavior was driven by something else.

His legend.

While his features and polyglot ability permitted Rapp to pass for a number of nationalities, the Bordeaux-colored passport in his sport coat pocket proclaimed him a proud citizen of the République française and he intended to behave as such. Rapp was well traveled enough to know that not every French businessman was a caricature of the anal, self-absorbed Frog lampooned by American popular culture, but the stereotype existed for a reason. For the most part, people saw what they expected to see, and when the events of the next few moments were over, Rapp fervently hoped that his fellow Islamabad diners remembered a meticulous Frenchman occupying the table closest to the pedestrian path.

If they remembered anything at all.

“IRONMAN, please confirm you received our last transmission, over.”

On the pretext of scratching an itch, Rapp sent an index finger deep into his ear canal and removed a tiny flesh-colored receiver. He ruffled his paper to distract any wandering eyes even as he deposited the pea-size bit of electronics into his coffee, where it promptly sank from sight. Though he knew his actions would necessitate a sit-down with Irene when he returned stateside, Rapp already felt better.

The same could not be said of his earpiece.

An operational team was sometimes merited, but this was not the case tonight. Rapp had begun his CIA employment by working as a singleton. A lone killer. He hadn’t worked alone because he was some sort of antisocial vigilante. Rapp operated solo because he was good.

Very good.

The kind of good in which additional operational support tended to become a hindrance rather than a help. Saddling Rapp with extra shooters when he didn’t need them was the equivalent of teaming Kobe Bryant with players from a local high school. Unless Rapp picked his teammates, the other operatives just got in the way.

And he had not picked this team.

As if summoned by his thoughts, his burner phone vibrated.

Rapp reached into his pocket and powered down the device.

While he considered the earpiece gracing the bottom of his coffee cup extraneous, the same could not be said of his phone. There was a difference between being headstrong and acting foolishly. In roughly three minutes, Rapp intended to rid the earth of a particularly vile human being, and he had no intention of following his prey into the afterlife. To escape, Rapp would need the burner phone, so he permitted the device’s continued presence, but he did not need the distraction poised by whoever was currently texting him.

A car pulled up to the curb on Rapp’s left.

He allowed his gaze to settle on the vehicle with the same casual interest that might be displayed by any of the café’s patrons.

Rapp’s interest was not casual.

FAIRBANKS did not owe his survival to good fortune. While Rapp had been in the field long enough to understand the role that luck played in any operation, this alone was not enough to keep a man safe from a predator with Rapp’s abilities.

FAIRBANKS was still alive because he’d had help.

Help of the kind only a nation-state could provide.

By killing FAIRBANKS, Mitch intended to send the government who had aided and abetted his evil an unambiguous message—the old rules no longer applied. Nearly a decade after nineteen jihadis had perpetrated the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor, the war on terror had reached an inflection point. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan could either help the United States track down and eliminate terrorists or suffer the consequences.

A blunt message to be delivered by a blunt-force object.

The car door opened, and a man exited.

But not just any man.

Colonel Dariush Ruyintan stood not more than a stone’s throw from Rapp’s table.

Though Rapp was a veteran of countless clandestine operations, the sight of Ruyintan rocked him to his core. The Iranian Quds Force expeditionary commander had more American blood on his hands than any single individual save perhaps Osama bin Laden himself. He had funded the work into explosively formed penetrators and had masterminded the ratlines through which the devices had poured into Iraq from Iran. Though the US troop surge had stabilized Iraq and saved the war, Ruyintan had been the one who’d made it necessary. The intelligence officer had been so successful at countering American anti-insurgency efforts that Irene had lobbied to replace the head of Al Qaeda with Ruyintan as the number one counterterrorism target.

The CIA director hadn’t won that battle, but she’d had a pointed conversation with her top counterterrorism operative all the same. If Rapp ever found himself able to eliminate the Iranian, he was to do so. Fate had just served up the opportunity of a lifetime, but there was a problem.

Rapp already had someone else to kill.

Reviews:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don Bentley captured the pure essence of Mitch Rapp, great read!

H.B.R. · December 24, 2024

Book Review – Vince Flynn Capture or Kill – Don BentleyThriller author Don Bentley does a terrific job with his first penning of the legendary Vince Flynn novel, “Capture or Kill.” His ‘retro’ storytelling of my all-time favorite protagonist Mitch Rapp was heart-pounding and endlessly entertaining. He did a tremendous job of capturing the familiar feel, authenticity, and rhythm of Vince Flynn and Mitch Rapp.This book was everything that I’ve come to expect from Mitch Rapp novels. It was well written, highly suspenseful, and the reason why I enjoy reading action thrillers. Bentley’s narrative of a younger Mitch Rapp felt like a lost manuscript of Vince Flynn’s. It was captivating, enthralling, and energetic from the beginning to the end.Plenty of intensity in the storyline, lots of past familiar characters, and lots of formidable action and thrilling suspense. I commend Bentley for taking on the daunting task of taking the reader back in time with the war on terror plotline and Mitch Rapp and his team’s ‘tip of the spear’ warfare against the terrorists. That strategy could have been a little tricky with a beloved character like Mitch Rapp, but Bentley threaded the needle perfectly in telling this story and boy did he nail it!Don Bentley really captured the pure essence of Mitch Rapp, and I am emphatically pleased that he is positively carrying on the illustrious Mitch Rapp tradition.Impressive job by an awe-inspiring author, and a wonderful person. Thanks Don, for keeping the culture lore of Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp character alive in this book. It was outstanding!

5.0 out of 5 stars Cat And Mouse

A.C.T.w.a.a.i.s.w.a.u.e.h.n.p.a. · August 30, 2025

One of my favorite authors! Great read.

4.0 out of 5 stars multiple storylines

P.J.K. · April 20, 2025

While they all connect, the multiple storylines were challenging to follow at times, though that does not take away from the overall book. MR is one of my favorite characters, so it would be difficult to discourage me from reading the next installment. I like the addition of an old character - clever!

5.0 out of 5 stars Mitch Rapp Continues

P.M. · October 12, 2025

Unless one has lived on the back side of the moon since 9/11, we know when and where Bin Laden was eliminated. To that extent, the end of Capture or Kill was anticlimactic. But the story line, fiction as it is in the book, is fast. Mitch Rapp remains a top black ops operator. The characters of Kennedy, Nash, Coleman remain true to their character. Some reviews point toward a disappointing flow, but IMO that is not true.It is sad that Vince Flynn is no longer with us, but those who have continued the series are IMO doing well. I look forward to future black ops actions by Mitch and the team

5.0 out of 5 stars And the spirit of Vince Flynn is back!!

D.L.A. · November 12, 2024

Only on page 38, but just had to stop and write a review to say – the spirit of Vince Flynn writing is back! Thanks so much Don Bentley and all who have brought this book forward.~I have read Vince Flynn’s books over and over, but have struggled with the last several and the writing style. Vince Flynn’s writing has always been like a balm of sorts, it is so well done. I wasn’t sure if I would like this new writer, but I downloaded the sample and just bought my first Kindle book.Who knows how it will unfold, but the writing is great and the context has been superb so far. Honoring the old, advancing in a natural way, and integrating all that is evolving. So grateful!Thank you to Lisa and all who have continued to honor Vince, his writing, and his spirit to keep Mitch Rapp alive; especially through this new book and author. Never easy, but I am very grateful. And the book has a great plot so far. Thank you so much again.~

5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping and Relevant

J.R. · September 3, 2024

Don Bentley's Capture or Kill continues the legacy of Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp series with intense action and sharp political intrigue. In this latest installment, Mitch Rapp is entangled in a dangerous conspiracy that challenges his loyalty and forces him to make life-or-death decisions. Bentley captures the essence of Rapp’s character perfectly, delivering a story filled with unexpected twists and moral complexities.Bentley's writing style stays true to Flynn’s legacy, with fast-paced narrative, crisp dialogue, and realistic action sequences that keep the pages turning. The novel’s timely exploration of themes like government corruption and the ethics of espionage adds depth, making it more than just a typical thriller.Capture or Kill is a must-read for long-time Mitch Rapp fans and newcomers alike, offering a compelling mix of adrenaline-pumping action and thoughtful commentary on the modern world of espionage. Don Bentley proves once again that the Mitch Rapp series is far from running out of steam.

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT WRITTEN BY FLYNN AND IT SHOWS

B. · October 15, 2025

I love Vince Flynn. The problem is that he didn’t write this one even though his name is in huge letters on the cover. The author, Don Bentley, really tried, but missed the mark. Sooo much unnecessary detail really slowed things down and I found myself skipping through pages (and sadly not missing a beat). He’ll probably be a better writer with practice, but this book isn’t that. He does Mitch Rapp’s skills justice, but I think even Mitch would zone out. Sorry, Mr. Bentley.UPDATE: Life’s too short. I gave up on page 118 😝

4.0 out of 5 stars Resurrection

A.R. · September 24, 2025

I get it. Going back in time to the elimination of bin Laden, people previously killed in the Mitch Rapp series had to be brought back to life, i.e. Nash and Hurley. Still, a little disconcerting to have the story timeline interrupted. Good read, nevertheless.

bonne histoire

K.C. · April 28, 2025

jamais déçu avec Mitch

Pacey, enthralling,-a great read

A.C. · June 15, 2025

Most enjoyable read. Lovely to be reacquainted with Mitch Rapp’s energy. The authors really help you to believe there are such people in our troubled world.

each story is different and worth reading

B.G. · January 22, 2025

vince flynn charcter have them all no matter who the writer is

Amazing!

m.J. · October 14, 2024

Excellent fiction on the capture of the century! Page turner till the last one....

Another excellent Mitch Rapp book. Totally engrossing.

s. · July 27, 2025

Excellent reading

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5.0 out of 5 stars Don Bentley captured the pure essence of Mitch Rapp, great read!

H.B.R. · December 24, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars Cat And Mouse

A.C.T.w.a.a.i.s.w.a.u.e.h.n.p.a. · August 30, 2025

One of my favorite authors! Great read.

4.0 out of 5 stars multiple storylines

P.J.K. · April 20, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars Mitch Rapp Continues

P.M. · October 12, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars And the spirit of Vince Flynn is back!!

D.L.A. · November 12, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping and Relevant

J.R. · September 3, 2024

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT WRITTEN BY FLYNN AND IT SHOWS

B. · October 15, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars Resurrection

A.R. · September 24, 2025

bonne histoire

K.C. · April 28, 2025

jamais déçu avec Mitch

Pacey, enthralling,-a great read

A.C. · June 15, 2025

Most enjoyable read. Lovely to be reacquainted with Mitch Rapp’s energy. The authors really help you to believe there are such people in our troubled world.

each story is different and worth reading

B.G. · January 22, 2025

vince flynn charcter have them all no matter who the writer is

Amazing!

m.J. · October 14, 2024

Excellent fiction on the capture of the century! Page turner till the last one....

Another excellent Mitch Rapp book. Totally engrossing.

s. · July 27, 2025

Excellent reading

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