About this title: Murder has been easy for the butcher's boy until now: It's what he was raised to do. But when he kills the senior senator from Colorado and arrives in Las Vegas to pick up his fee, he learns that he has become a liability to his shadowy employers.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780812967739ISBN:0812967739
Description: Good. Standard used condition. May have light reading or storage wear All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Putnam Berkley
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780441089505ISBN:044108950X
Description: Fair. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; Cover and pages clean. some edge/corner wear. binding secure. creased spine. Writing on first page. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Charter
Date Published: 1st printing thus, 1983
Description: Good+ paperback. 16mo, paperback, 313pp. spine creases, scrapes, corners worn, cover. tanning, clean, text with some sense of gutter stress. mystery. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Trade
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780812967739ISBN:0812967739
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Slight spine tilt, binding tight, no reader/remainder/library marks, ft cover slight edge lift, pgs flat w/sharp corners, very slight shelf wear. 313 numbered pgs. Audience: General/trade. Photos or other information available by e-mail. Daily orders/e-mail responses. E-mail confirmation of shipment. Check our feedback. read more
Edition: 1st Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Charter Books, United States
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780441089512ISBN:0441089518
Description: Very Good. A real nice tight and square copy that has a crease on the front side of the wrap alongsid the spine and also has several longish corner creases on the wrap. read more
Description: [0-441-08951-8] 1983, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback)...Near very good.......Creases; spine cocked as is common with this title....Award winner: Edgar (Best First Mystery) 1983....(Mystery) read more
"Interesting novel, my first book by the author and an enjoyable read. I personally enjoyed the story better from the hitmans perspective & couldn't really warm to the chasing Justice agent.. I would give 3.5 stars and will look up further books by the author.."
"A very enjoyable, fast-based thriller. Perry does an excellent job of fleshing out the characters and even makes you root for a contract killer. I also surprised at how well the book has held up. It was written in the early 80s, and while the technology is obviously dated, I didn't find it detracting very much from the story.
I will definitely be reading more of this author."
"Story about a smart hit man and the woman from the Justice Dept. trying to uncover the crimes behind the pattern of murders. The narrative jumps in places, which is a bit disconcerting and exciting at the same time. Well written, though slightly dated for today's high tech world."
"This is Thomas Perry's first book. I like it because part of it is set in Buffalo (yes, i'm very weird, but I lived in Buffalo for two years, and i think it's a trip that the book contains the line "I wonder if you could tell me how to get to the Albright Knox Art Museum?"
Perry has these terse, wry sardonic descriptions of various things in about a paragaph, and his books usually involve some aspect of deception, cat and mouse."
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