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Hit Man
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Synopsis
Hit Man by Lawrence Block
Keller is an assassin - he is paid by the job and works for a mysterious man who nominates hits and passes on commissions from elsewhere. Keller goes in, does the job, gets out: usually at a few hours' notice ...Often Keller's work takes him out of New York to other cities, to pretty provincial towns that almost tempt him into moving to the woods and the lakeshores. Almost but not quite. But then one job goes wrong in a way Keller has never imagined and it leaves him with a big problem. Finding himself with an orphan on his hands, Keller's job begins to interfere with his carefully guarded life. And once you let someone in to your life, they tend to want to know what you do when you're away. And killing for a living, lucrative though it is, just doesn't find favour with some folks.
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Reviews
The eponymous hitman is Keller, subject of several previous Block tales. This is a synthesis of those stories, but such is the author's skill that the novel never gives the impression of a 'fix-up'. In fact, this is a more powerfully integrated and satisfyingly constructed crime novel than just about any of its rivals. Block is particularly good at humanizing his killer, and having him largely sympathetic has the bracing effect of bringing the reader up short when he gets down to his bloody business. (Kirkus UK)
About the Author
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Lawrence Block was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2004. He is also a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. He is the author of many novels and short stories and has won numerous awards for his mystery writing. He lives and works in New York City.
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Book Info
Format
Paperback
384 pages
Author
Lawrence Block
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Publisher
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) an imprint of Orion Publishing Co
Publication
date
6th May 1999
ISBN
9780752825922
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