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Author
Series
John Keller novels volume 5
Language
English
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Description
With a new wife and a baby on the way, Keller, a.k.a. Nicholas Edwards, is done killing people for money until a phone call from Dot draws him back into the old game, taking him to Dallas to settle a domestic dispute, to New York, where people might remember him.
2) Hit parade
Author
Series
John Keller novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Series
Matthew Scudder mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Bbc Audiobooks
Pub. Date
cp1998
Language
English
4) Hit and run
Author
Series
John Keller novels volume 4
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A hit man accused of assassinating the governor of Ohio must clear his name and outwit the real killer who's out to gun him down.
Author
Series
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Block's short stories are intelligent and respectful of the reader yet often take an unexpected turn. He plays fair. If you reread the story, you'll find that he left you little clues about the final destination but didn't connect the dots. Block is a master of the long-form mystery, and this collection proves he's got the short form locked down as well.
Brings together seventeen never-before-collected tales of murder and desire in a deluxe hardcover...
Author
Series
Matthew Scudder mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a childhood friend is shot down while attempting to atone for past sins, Scudder is drawn into a murder investigation that threatens to upset his path toward recovery--and get him killed in the process.
Author
Series
Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries volume 10
Publisher
HarperLargePrint
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
SO THIS GIRL WALKS INTO A BAR... ...and when she walks out there's a man with her. She goes to bed with him, and she likes that part. Then she kills him, and she likes that even better. On her way out, she cleans out his wallet. She keeps moving, ...
Author
Series
Matthew Scudder mysteries volume 16
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Jimmie John Hall wasn't anything until he was a killer, and Betty Dienhardt wasn't anything until she met Jimmie John Hall. When they get together, sparks fly and bullets follow. The first to go are Betty's parents, but Betty isn't bothered. They set off on a cross-country killing spree. As the dragnet draws tighter they only grow closer, riding a road that leads to death because death has surrounded them all the time.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Formats
Description
Greenwich Village bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr is trying to make an honest living. But when the landlord raises his rent, what's left for a refined burglar to do? His first night on the job leads him to a pile of cash, a dead body, and a frameup--where Bernie is accused of stealing a million-dollar baseball card collection
Author
Series
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Well past retirement age and feeling his years - but still staying sober one day at a time - Matthew Scudder learns that alcoholics aren't the only ones who count the days since their last slip. Matt's longtime partner, Elaine, tells him of a group of former sex workers who do something similar, helping each other stay out of the life. But when one young woman describes an abusive client who's refusing to let her quit, Elaine encourages her to get...
Author
Series
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Four decades ago, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Lawrence Block introduced the world to one of his most beloved and enduring creations: Bernie Rhodenbarr, the clever, nimble-fingered star of novels such as Burglars Can't Be Choosers, The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling, and The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons. Called "the Heifetz of the picklock" by the New York Times, Bernie has stolen not only antiques, stamp collections, and priceless...
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