The Killing Kind

Michael Hendricks has a very particular set of skills, skills he has learned over a short career as a covert ops agent stationed in Afghanistan, skills that make him a nightmare for other hired killers. If you pay him now, that will be the end of it. You will survive an attempt on your life. But if......more

Michael Hendricks is a former army vet long presumed dead who now makes a lucrative living from murdering hit men who target seeming innocent men at the bequest of the mob. It's a tough gig but Hendricks' skills and training have made him perfect for the path he's so violently paved for himself. In......more

I was excited to get this ARC. I loved Holm’s Collector series, and though this goes more into the detective line and away from the fantastical aspects that got me into it, I still love Holm’s writing, and I love the concept. I don’t know if this is meant to become a series or something — there’s ro......more

The assassin-hero is an oddly popular trope in thrillers. It runs the gamut from James Bond, Jason Bourne and Gabriel Allon (all essentially assassins with ancillary skills) to Mitch Rapp and Will Robie (government-sponsored killers without the "spy" frosting) to various freelancers such as John Rai......more

Wow but this one hits the ground running and doesnt let up – an intriguing thrill ride of a novel, fast paced, brutal with that touch of insanity that makes a read a breathtaking one. So Michael Hendricks is a skilled killer. He has his own moral code and is intensely loyal to the (very few) people h......more