Hit parade
John Keller is everyone's favorite hit man. He's cool. Reliable. A real pro: the hit man's hit man. The inconvenient wife, the aging sports star, the business partner--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." But while Keller might be a pragmatist, he's also prone to d…
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- Full title :Hit parade / Lawrence Block.
Summary
John Keller is everyone's favorite hit man. He's cool. Reliable. A real pro: the hit man's hit man. The inconvenient wife, the aging sports star, the business partner--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." But while Keller might be a pragmatist, he's also prone to doubts and loneliness just like everybody else. There was a psychotherapist once. A dog. Even a woman ... He'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 work ... --From publisher description.
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- Publication Date:©2006.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):W. Morrow
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:295 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0060840889, 9780060840884, 0060840897, 9780060840891, 0752873466, 9780752873466, 0061120855, 9780061120855
- oclc:ocm62326927
- LC Classification:PS3552.L63
- Dewey Decimal:813/.54
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