A Man of Action

by Kaitlyn Lansing

A newly married couple with a flair for the macabre buys a Queen Anne-styled manor that echoes their gloomy insides. Once the pair met and committed themselves, both knew there was no way to escape from the other—even in death.

Conrad and Elizabeth Fleischer, their surname meaning “butcher,” are beautiful and only find that they need each other to satisfy their sliver of a desire to be social. They seldom leave their beloved manor that is occupied by their united souls. Though Elizabeth finds she depends much more on her husband, he needs no one, and his unusual job as a hit man underscores his belief. Conrad forces Elizabeth to question what role the legal system has in executing revenge. Do families of victims feel vindicated after the legal process has concluded, or would they rather have a brutal avenger snuff out those who prey on the innocent?

After a particularly gruesome job committed by the Fleischers, the police make an appearance and abruptly end what the couple had just begun…a loving marriage brimming with the stench of death.

268 pages, Hardcover

First published October 4, 2022

About the author

Kaitlyn Bankson (born Kaitlyn Marie Quis in New York, January 3, 1994) is an American writer. She studied literature and philosophy throughout her education, which shaped her creative voice. She is the author of the novels The Paper Pusher, The Dormant Age, A Man of Silence, and A Man of Action. Kaitlyn’s unique perspective and raw prose bring light to matters that are often left untouched. She lives in Dubuque, Iowa, with her husband and daughter. Readers can see more of Kaitlyn’s work at www.kaitlynbankson.com.

Reviews

[Marcia Crabtree · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received A Man of Action as a digital advanced readers copy for which I would like to thank author Kaitlyn Lansing and BookSirens. I am providing my review voluntarily without receiving anything in return. This book is riveting, different, compelling, gory, explicit, repugnant, morbid, macabre, and thought-provoking. I read it easily in well under twenty four hours.

Is our system of justice or that of any country adequate or correct? Is it in fact or in truth just? Does it function properly or adequately? Does it serve its purpose? What is its purpose? Is it to mete out justice? To make criminals pay for their crimes? Or is it to deter crime? Is it to rehabilitate? Does it take a committee or many years to determine what is true and what isn’t or who deserves to be punished or in what way? Or can these be done swiftly and more easily by one person with an exceptional moral compass? These are questions the protagonists in this book, a young married couple, seek to answer, particularly the husband, whom both he and his wife find to be quite a man of action.