HITMEN: Four Tales of Magick, Monsters, and Murder

by Greg Mitchell

Willowbrook: a town rotted by corruption and vice. For years, the feared Boss Marcon controlled the rackets and legitimate commerce alike, but the stakes are raised when a mysterious figure--a giant of a man with a gruesome blue skull for a face--starts leaving mangled bodies all over town. The creature is silent and unstoppable, a hulking monstrosity surviving gunshot wounds and able to tear a man limb from limb. This monster is targeting Marcon's criminal empire, obliterating hardened hitmen with ease. Is it a rival assassin...or something worse?

Part crime drama, part brutal monster action, "Hitmen" is a collection of four inter-connected novellas, spotlighting those in the monster's path: Eli, the guilt-ridden killer who's had a spiritual awakening; Flynn, a young boy seeking to understand the mysteries of the supernatural; Marcie, the young heiress to Boss Marcon's empire; and Vinnie Caponi, an urban mythologist who has hunted the Blue Skull for years. Each character has a role to play in the mystery, their paths finally intersecting, leading them to their fate--facing the towering killer, once and for all.

344 pages, Paperback

First published June 22, 2014

About the author

Greg Mitchell is a freelance screenwriter and novelist and is the author of "The Coming Evil Trilogy", beginning with his debut novel "The Strange Man". A lifelong fan of monster movies and stories, he writes novels for movie lovers, striving to capture cinematic storytelling in a literary format.

Reviews

[Darcee Kraus · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this novel from the First Read's giveaway. I am a huge fan of short stories and immediately fell in love with Greg Mitchell's writing style. Usually I zip through stories but after each of the four tales, I took a day to reflect on them. I would definitely recommend to young readers, or anyone who is considering reading.