Hit List, Lawrence Block
Hit List, Lawrence Block
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Hit List

Author: Lawrence Block

Narrator: Lawrence Block

Abridged: 5 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/03/2004

Synopsis

Keller is a regular guy, a solid citizen. He goes to the movies, watches the tube, browses the art galleries, and works diligently on his stamp collection. But every now and then a call from the breezily efficient Dot sends him off to kill a total stranger. He takes a plane, rents a car, finds a hotel room, and gets back before the body is cold.He's a real pro, cool and dispassionate and very good at what he does. Until one day when Dot breaks her own rule and books him for a hit in New York, his home base. She sends him to an art gallery opening, and the girl he gets lucky with steers him to an astrologer. He's a Gemini, his moon's in Taurus...and he's got a murderer's thumb.Then the jobs start to go wrong. Targets die before he can draw a bead on them. The realization is slow in coming, but there's no getting around it: Somebody out there is trying to hit the hit man. Keller, God help him, has found his way on to somebody else's hit list.Read by the author.

About Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association—only the third American to be given this award. He is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books and numerous short stories, and is a devoted New Yorker and an enthusiastic global traveler.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on August 03, 2019

As I'm sure I've said before, after Matthew Scudder, my favorite of the characters created by Lawrence Block is Keller, the affable and otherwise somewhat boring hit man. Keller first appeared in a series of short stories, most of which were initially published in Playboy. A number of the stories we......more

Goodreads review by Tim on March 13, 2019

Keller, the most average Joe hit man you will ever read about, returns. This time, Keller continues collecting stamps, he sees movies at the cinema, goes to the beach, attends an art show and serves his time… on jury duty. Yep, Keller’s life is ordinary and slightly dull, but every once in a while h......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on March 26, 2010

Keller is a creature of habit. He leads a low-key New York lifestyle and his idea of a good time is collecting stamps. Even his job as a hit man has a certain routine. He gets a job, he flies somewhere, he kills someone, and he flies home. But weird disruptions are happening to Keller in this second......more

Goodreads review by Aditya on July 07, 2019

Remember how the seminal HBO series The Sopranos was not really a crime series ala The Shield or The Wire. It was a drama where the protagonist just happened to be a criminal. It is the same here. Hit List is a novel about the life and times of Keller, an assassin for hire. It's not really a thrille......more

Goodreads review by Glen on January 23, 2018

Keller is a hit man. Every so often, he goes out on a job, but lately, all the jobs are going wrong. Turns out there's a rival hitman out to corner the market. Not bad, but Keller reminds me a bit too much of Block's other character, Burglar Bernie. I like my hit man novels a little more hard boiled t......more

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