Behind the Hands That Kill

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Even professional killers need vacations, but for Victor Faust, his vacation in Venezuela is about more than relaxation and time alone with Izabel Seyfried. It is a chance for him to come clean to Izabel: tell her the truth about why he sent her to Italy with his brother, his interest in Nora Kessler, and his knowledge of Izabel's child. But before Victor can spill his soul, reality proves that for some killers, vacations are just pipe-dreams.

Izabel finds herself stuffed in a suitcase, while Victor later wakes up in a cage. When the identities of their kidnappers are revealed, Victor loses all hope, and begins the mental process of accepting his and Izabel's last moments together.

Meanwhile, members of Vonnegut's Order are finally closing in on Victor, and his past has finally caught up with him: the women he has cared for, loved, and killed; the families he has destroyed; the unforgivable crimes he has committed. But when it is all over, Victor may not have the strength to pick up what is left and move on. Because the event changes him. Because love changed him. And because, unlike before when he thought it is was for the best, he cannot imagine a life without Izabel.