Hit Me
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
Bestselling author and grand master Lawrence Block returns to his deadliest hitman.
A man named Nicholas Edwards lives in New Orleans renovating houses, doing honest work and making decent money at it. Between his family and his stamp collection, all his spare time is happily accounted for. Sometimes it's hard to remember that he used to kill people for a living.
But when the nation's economy tanks, taking the construction business with it, all it takes is one phone call to drag him back into the game. It may say Nicholas Edwards on his driver's license and credit cards, but he's back to being the man he always was: Keller.
Keller's work takes him to New York, the former home he hasn't dared revisit, where his target is the abbot of a midtown monastery. Another call puts him on a West Indies cruise, with several interesting fellow passengers -- the government witness, the incandescent young woman keeping the witness company, and, sharing Keller's cabin, his wife, Julia. But the high drama comes in Cheyenne, where a recent widow is looking to sell her husband's stamp collection . . .
In Hit Me, legendary Edgar Grandmaster and New York Times bestselling author Lawrence Block returns to one of his most beloved characters. Welcome back, Keller. You've been missed.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
MWA Grand Master Block's highly enjoyable, episodic third novel featuring philatelist and killer for hire John Keller (after 2008's Hit and Run) finds Keller living in New Orleans under a new name with his wife, Julia, and their baby daughter. Despite having a legitimate job in real estate, Keller can't resist resuming his old life after hearing from Dorothea "Dot" Harbison, who often gave him his assignments in the past. In inventive ways, Keller deals with a cheating wife in Dallas, a "felonious monk" in New York City, a cruise ship in Florida with a protected witness aboard, and a wandering husband in Denver. Meanwhile, he continues to build his "worldwide, to 1940" stamp collection. At times casually ruthless in snuffing out targets, Keller is also honest and ethical in his business dealings. A final assignment involving a child suggests that Keller may even play an unfamiliar white knight role, hopefully in the near future.
Customer Reviews
Not bad at all
I've read several of the Keller books. Once you accept the premise of the 'hero' being a homicidal lunatic, you can enjoy the author's wit. This book has a bit more about stamp collecting than you'll probably ever want to know.
Ok
Ok if you like the banter between Keller and Dot. Or if you really like stamps.
Hit me
Book quit before ending. Would like my money refunded!!!