Hit List
2000 • 296 pages
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Keller is a regular guy. He goes to the movies, collects stamps, serves jury duty. Then every so often he gets a call, packs his bags, and kills a perfect stranger. But lately the jobs have started to go wrong. And then he realizes...someone out there is trying to hit the hit man.Keller is a killer. Professional, cool, confident, competent, reliable. The consummate pro. The hit man's hit man.But he is a complex person: understandably guarded and reclusive, icy and ruthlessly efficient, he is also prone to loneliness, self-doubt, and career worries. Keller may be a crack assassin, but he is also an all-too-human being.We first met Keller in Hit Man. He's back again in HIT LIST. Same job, new list of targets, and a hit man who's after him...
Series
2 primary books4 released booksJohn Keller is a 4-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Lawrence Block.
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John Keller is a generally good guy if a bit boring. An ordinary looking fellow, he lives in New York City where he spends his time working on his stamp collection and for the most part enjoying a quiet life. But every now and then he takes a trip out of town and kills someone. You see, in addition to being an ordinary Joe, Keller is a professional hit man.
In this second Keller book, Keller continues his life without any major disturbances until he breaks his own rule against working in his home town and takes a job in New York City. Then things turn strange. When Keller is out on jobs sometimes seemingly unrelated people are killed by a third party, and sometimes his targets die before he gets to them. It soon becomes apparent that Keller himself has become a target. It becomes hit man vs hit man. Who will survive?
Another good crime-fiction novel from Lawrence Block. He never disappoints. Solid 4 stars.
