The New York Times bestselling author and master of the modern mystery returns with a fierce and poignant new novel featuring his acclaimed killer-for-hire, Keller
John Keller Mystery
William Morrow
July 2006
Featuring: John Keller
304 pages ISBN: 0060840889 Hardcover Add to Wish List
John Keller is everyone's favorite hit man: a new kind
of hero for a new, uncertain age. He's cool. Reliable. A
real pro: the hit man's hit man. The inconvenient wife, the
aging sports star, the business partner, the retiree with a
substantial legacy. He's taken care of them all, quietly and
efficiently.
Keller's got a code of honor, though
he'd never call it that. And he keeps the job strictly
business. "What happens is you wind up thinking of each
subject not as a person to be killed but as a problem to be
solved. Now there are guys doing this who cope with it by
making it personal. They find a reason to hate the guy they
have to kill. I don't know what's a sin and what isn't, or
if one person deserves to go on living and another deserves
to have his life ended. Sometimes I think about stuff like
that, but as far as working it all out in my mind, well, I
never seem to get anywhere."
But while Keller might
be a pragmatic and crack assassin, he's also prone to doubts
and loneliness just like everybody else. There was a
psychotherapist once. A dog. Even a woman. And though he's
got Dot, his wisecracking contact and sometimes confidante,
and his precious stamp collection, these days, it doesn't
seem to be enough.
Keller's been at this business a
long while. Just maybe it's time to pack it in and find a
nice little house in the desert. Only problem is, retirement
takes money. And to get money, he's got to go to work. . . .
Hit Parade, the third novel featuring the
fascinating Keller, displays the hallmarks that distinguish
Lawrence Block's award-winning fiction: the intelligence,
the clever plotting, the humor, the tricky twists and ironic
turns, the darkness and emotional complexity -- and, above
all else, the humanity.
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