Hit Me by Lawrence Block
Keller left New York City for New
Orleans after his last job. He now has a
new wife and toddler, the last thing he expects is for his former employer to
call him up, but she does. Dot has a job
for him, if he’s interested. Since his
business restoring houses damaged from Katrina is drying up due to the economic
climate, he is looking for work to support his family, and his hobby. Keller, now Nicholas Edwards, is an avid
stamp collector. This phone call changes
things; he’s back in business, as a hit man for hire.
The book reads like multiple short
stories with each job being another part of the book. Keller/Edwards is a nice guy, for a killer,
so you want him to succeed, plus the people he is hired to silence are not nice
people. It’s interesting seeing him set
up his new business, setting up stamp sales, and learning so much about such an
obscure (at least in today’s world) hobby.
A good choice on audio because you
can’t skip the stamp parts which actually are quite fascinating, but if reading
I have to admit I may have skimmed the philately lessons.
