"Smith" book preview

If you are looking for a page-turning thriller about assassins, look no further than Timothy J. Lockhart’s “Smith.”

“Smith” revolves around a secret organization within the U.S. government whose primary goal is to eliminate foreign leaders. The titular ‘Smith’ is a natural-born killer at his job, but he doesn’t see it as a calling. He just wants to live to see retirement.

His next job is to take out an unwanted American political figure. Smith has already settled an old score with his first kills.

Lockhart is an alum from the class of ’77. A lawyer and former U.S. Navy officer who worked with the CIA, DIA and Office of Naval Intelligence. After publishing articles and book reviews in a variety of publications, “Smith” is now his first novel.