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Last Contract
A hit man tries to make a clean break from his murderous career in this chilling novel from an award-winning author.
He has no police record, not even a traffic ticket. But he’s killed twenty-seven people during his career as a professional assassin. And sometimes it’s not just the target who takes a bullet—if the bodyguard or mistress is unfortunate enough to be around. When the time comes, it happens assemble the weapon, load, ditch the evidence.
Now he wants out—but the people he works for may not allow that—in this suspenseful thriller from a crime writer whose works have earned numerous honors, including an Edgar Award and two Shamus Award nominations, and been adapted for film and television.
He has no police record, not even a traffic ticket. But he’s killed twenty-seven people during his career as a professional assassin. And sometimes it’s not just the target who takes a bullet—if the bodyguard or mistress is unfortunate enough to be around. When the time comes, it happens assemble the weapon, load, ditch the evidence.
Now he wants out—but the people he works for may not allow that—in this suspenseful thriller from a crime writer whose works have earned numerous honors, including an Edgar Award and two Shamus Award nominations, and been adapted for film and television.
- GenresCrime
187 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1973
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November 30, 2024
1973 korean war vet Le Samourai turns out to be the reverse of John Wick; rather workmanlike overall - it feels rather like the dashed-off novelization of a better film, although the ending was surprisingly touching (at least to a cat person like myself).
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