Hit parade / Lawrence Block.
John Keller is everyone's favorite hit man: a new kind of hero for a new, uncertain age. He's cool. Reliable. A real pro: the hit man's hit man. The inconvenient wife, the aging sports star, the business partner, the retiree with a substantial legacy. 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. Now there are guys doing this who cope with it by making it personal. They find a reason to hate the guy they have to kill. I don't know what's a sin and what isn't, or if one person deserves to go on living and another deserves to have his life ended. Sometimes I think about stuff like that, but as far as working it all out in my mind, well, I never seem to get anywhere." But while Keller might be a pragmatic and crack assassin, he's also prone to doubts and loneliness just like everybody else. There was a psychotherapist once. A dog. Even a woman. And though he's got Dot, his wisecracking contact and sometimes confidante, and his precious stamp collection, these days, it doesn't seem to be enough. Keller'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 go to work. . . .
Record details
- ISBN: 0060840889
- ISBN: 9780060840884
- ISBN: 9780060840891
- Physical Description: 295 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : W. Morrow, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
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- Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC BLOCK (Text) | 36015000223657 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | F BLOCK (Text) | 30664100151155 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | MFIC BLO (Text) | 31111002925970 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | LP FIC (Text) | 38344101408746 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bath Community Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101175840 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F BLO (Text) | 34208201521092 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Belhaven Public Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101175709 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F BLOCK (Text) | 22281500008157 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Danbury Public Library | F BLOCK (Text) | 30672100302819 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Bend Public Library | F BLOCK (Text) | 40599000671829 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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