Hit Me: A John Keller novel, cartea 5
Autor Lawrence Blocken Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 oct 2013
A man named Nicholas Edwards lives in New Orleans and renovates houses, making decent money at it. Between his family and his stamps, all of Nicholas's spare time is happily accounted for. Sometimes it's hard to remember that he used to kill people for a living.
But when the nation's economy tanks, taking the construction business with it, just one phone call drags him back into the game. His driver's license may say Nicholas Edwards, but he's back to being the man he always was: Keller.
Keller's work takes him to New York, on a West Indies cruise, and more. But the real high drama when a widow in Cheyenne introduces Keller to her deceased husband's stamp collection...
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316127349
ISBN-10: 0316127345
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
Seria A John Keller novel
ISBN-10: 0316127345
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Mulholland Books
Seria A John Keller novel
Notă biografică
Lawrence
Block
is
a
Mystery
Writers
of
America
Grand
Master,
has
won
multiple
Edgar
and
Shamus
awards
and
countless
international
prizes.
The
author
of
more
than
50
books,
he
lives
in
New
York
City.
Recenzii
"HIT
ME
brings
back
Block's
most
fatally
appealing
protagonist...Aside
from
their
ingenious
methodology,
what
makes
theseamuse-bouchesso
delectable
are
the
moral
dilemmas
Block
throws
up
to
deflect
his
philosophical
antihero
from
a
given
task.
Any
assassin
might
hesitate
to
murder
a
child,
but
only
Keller
would
ponder
the
ethics
of
killing
someone
whose
premature
death
would
rob
a
prostitute
of
payment
for
her
professional
services."—Marilyn
Stasio,New
York
Times
Book
Review
"A fine finale for a writer who never stopped growing, and who allowed some of his series characters the same privilege of changing."—The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
"In the hands of a lesser writer, the philately passages would be insufferable, but Block makes them interesting in their own right as well a window into the soul of a hit man who can dispatch innocent bystanders without remorse but won't cheat on his wife and insists on being scrupulously honest in the buying and selling of collectible stamps."—Associated Press
"Block plays like a master on the consciences of his readers, raising moral dilemmas and then whisking them off behind a diverting bit of dialogue or drama."—The Columbus Dispatch
"In the fifth entry in the Keller series (afterHit and Run), the appealing antihero with his own moral code continues to dig into the motives of his distant employers and make his own decisions about who deserves to die. But stamp collecting is more than just a secondary theme here, and Block's discourses about the history behind stamps are vivid enough to pique the interest even of those not at all inclined toward the hobby. Master mystery writer Block is at the top of his form here."—Michele Leber,Library Journal
"At times casually ruthless in snuffing out targets, Keller is also honest and ethical in his business dealings. A final assignment involving a child suggests that Keller may even play an unfamiliar white knight role, hopefully in the near future."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"It's easy to imagine Block grinning as he reinvents his always fascinating character [Keller]. Block writes so appealingly about the world of philately that some fans might decide to take up stamp collecting. HIT ME is a delightful change of pace."—Thomas Gaughan,Booklist (starred review)
"A fine finale for a writer who never stopped growing, and who allowed some of his series characters the same privilege of changing."—The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
"In the hands of a lesser writer, the philately passages would be insufferable, but Block makes them interesting in their own right as well a window into the soul of a hit man who can dispatch innocent bystanders without remorse but won't cheat on his wife and insists on being scrupulously honest in the buying and selling of collectible stamps."—Associated Press
"Block plays like a master on the consciences of his readers, raising moral dilemmas and then whisking them off behind a diverting bit of dialogue or drama."—The Columbus Dispatch
"In the fifth entry in the Keller series (afterHit and Run), the appealing antihero with his own moral code continues to dig into the motives of his distant employers and make his own decisions about who deserves to die. But stamp collecting is more than just a secondary theme here, and Block's discourses about the history behind stamps are vivid enough to pique the interest even of those not at all inclined toward the hobby. Master mystery writer Block is at the top of his form here."—Michele Leber,Library Journal
"At times casually ruthless in snuffing out targets, Keller is also honest and ethical in his business dealings. A final assignment involving a child suggests that Keller may even play an unfamiliar white knight role, hopefully in the near future."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"It's easy to imagine Block grinning as he reinvents his always fascinating character [Keller]. Block writes so appealingly about the world of philately that some fans might decide to take up stamp collecting. HIT ME is a delightful change of pace."—Thomas Gaughan,Booklist (starred review)