The Way I Die
A Novel
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3.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
An explosive thriller from the acclaimed co-creator of "Chicago Fire" featuring his dynamic and compelling anti-hero, Columbus.
The way I die is two taps to the head, stuffed in the trunk of a rental sedan, my body set on fire. The way I die is both arms broken, both legs broken, tossed off a cigarette boat in the middle of Lake Michigan, bricks in my pockets to weigh down the corpse. The way I die is acid in a bathtub, pushed out of an airplane, strung up and gutted in an old textile warehouse in Boston. My name is Copeland. My name is Columbus. The way I die is a shotgun in my mouth, my finger on the trigger.
It is the middle of February on Mackinac Island, a tiny community off the northern Michigan coast. But Columbus isn't here to enjoy the picturesque surroundings. Reeling after the death of his wife and relinquishing his son, he lives in isolation—in self-imposed punishment and exile. Forgotten and alone. Nameless to his neighbors. But even if he runs and hides, Columbus is never alone for long.
Ten years after Columbus—one of the most original anti-heroes in contemporary fiction—first exploded onto the scene in The Silver Bear, Derek Haas delivers another riveting thriller that promises heart-pounding action and shocking twists until the very last page.
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Haas's gripping fifth thriller featuring contract killer Columbus (after 2015's A Different Lie) finds the assassin, who has changed his name to Coleman, uneasily settled in a remote area of Michigan's Mackinac Island, where he grieves over the loss of his family and contemplates the various ways he could die. He's tracked down by his former fence, Archie Grant, who offers him a different kind of job. Instead of a kill, Archie wants him to protect megarich Portland, Ore., software designer Matthew Boone, who has been targeted by another assassin. It's the kind of redemption that Coleman doesn't want, yet desperately needs, and he agrees to test Boone's large security team. The ease with which Coleman breaks into Boone's office shows the security team's inadequacies. On Coleman's advice, Boone fires every team member except for the intelligent desk guard he met on first entering Boone's building, Peyton Martin. Soon Coleman and Martin are matching wits with a clever foe. Haas packs solid suspense, vivid action, and well-developed characters into a tight plot that never lags.
