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  Keller: Book 4

  Hit and Run

  by Lawrence Block

  Keller's a hit man. For years now he's had places to go and people to kill. But enough is enough. He's got money in the bank and just one last job standing between him and retirement. So he carries it out with his usual professionalism, and he heads home, and guess what? One more job. Paid in advance, so what's he going to do? Give the money back? In Des Moines, Keller stalks his designated target and... (more)
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  Killing Mum

  by Allan Guthrie

  "Guthrie writes with an urgency, energy, cynical realism and mastery of casual violence that is rarely encountered in British crime writing" -- The Times of London
 "dark and splendid" -- The Guardian *** a novella ***

 Receiving the package hadn't been that much of a surprise. The fact that someone knew that Valerie Anderson was Carlos Morales's mother worried him. He was careful to hide that, never spoke to... (more)
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  by Bryan Cassiday

  I wrote “Contract Killer” as an entertainment. I like reading thrillers and crime thrillers and I believe there are many readers out there who have the same taste that I have.
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  The Good Guy

  by Dean Koontz

  Timothy Carrier, having a beer after work at his friend’s tavern, enjoys drawing eccentric customers into amusing conversations. But the jittery man who sits next to him tonight has mistaken Tim for someone very different—and passes to him a manila envelope full of cash. “Ten thousand now. You get the rest when she’s gone. ” The stranger walks out, leaving a photo of the pretty woman marked for death, and her... (more)
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  Keller: Book 2

  Hit List

  by Lawrence Block

  Keller is a regular guy. He goes to the movies, works on his stamp collection. Call him for jury duty and he serves without complaint. Then every so often he gets a phone call from White Plains that sends him flying off somewhere to kill a perfect stranger. Keller is a pro and very good at what he does. But the jobs have started to go wrong. The realization is slow coming yet, when it arrives, it is irrefutable:... (more)