HIT MAN by Lawrence Block - SIGNED BOOK - ADVANCE READING COPY
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Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Lawrence Block has been
awarded every major mystery prize. With more than 50 published works,
he is considered by many to be the ultimate voice in mystery; The Wall Street Journal calls him "one of the very best writers working the beat." Block's latest novel, Hit Man, is already winning praise from critics and fans alike.
During his incredibly prolific career, Block has created a memorable
cast of recurring characters who have mesmerized his legions of fans.
The latest addition to Block's list of memorable characters is Keller,
a cool, confident, competent, and reliable hit man.
A precise
professional, Keller, a native New Yorker, weaves in and out of
assignments and personae with remarkable ease. Always armed with an
alias and plausible stories when he is dispatched to remote locations,
Keller epitomizes the professional hit man. But Keller does stand out.
A complicated man, guarded and reclusive, Keller is prone to
loneliness, self-doubt, and career worries; he is sort of a wistful
murderer. He may be a killer — and this becomes quite obvious as we
accompany him on his rounds — but he is also an all-too-human being.
Hit Man
clearly displays the qualities that distinguish Lawrence Block's
award-winning fiction — the intelligence, the wicked cleverness, the
outright humor. But above all, Block writes with the true-grit sense of
humanity that has become his trademark.