Quarry's ex

Quarry's ex

Max Allan Collins

Book - 2011

"Homicide begins at home. Even the enigmatic hit man called Quarry had to start somewhere. And for him, that was the day he returned stateside from Nam to find his young wife cheating. He'd killed plenty overseas, so killing her lover was no big deal. And when he was recruited to use his skills as a contract killer, that transition was easy, too. He survived in this jungle as he had in that other one -- by expecting trouble. What he didn't expect was ever running into her again..." --

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Subjects
Quarry > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Quarry > (Fictitious character)
Assassins > Fiction.
Murder for hire > Fiction.
Assassins
Murder for hire
Thrillers (Fiction)
Fiction
Suspense fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Noir fiction.
Genres
Thrillers (Fiction)
Fiction
Suspense fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Noir fiction
Published
London : Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd September 2011.
Language
English
Main Author
Max Allan Collins (author)
Other Authors
Gregory Manchess (illustrator)
Edition
First Hard Case Crime edition
Item Description
"A Hard Case Crime novel."
"First publication anywhere"--Cover.
"Original cover painting by Greg Manchess for Hard Case Crime"--Back cover.
Physical Description
223 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780857682864
Contents unavailable.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Set in 1980, Collins's lean, sardonic 10th noir featuring the killer-for-hire who uses the pseudonym Quarry (after Quarry in the Middle) finds Quarry in Boot Hill, Nev., earning his keep in an unusual way. Drawing on his knowledge of the hit-man world derived from his years of working for a murder middleman known as the Broker, Quarry identifies intended targets of hits, then charges a hefty fee to eliminate the hired guns out to kill them. When he learns of a plot against B-movie director Arthur Stockwell, Quarry discovers that Stockwell's wife is all too familiar-his ex-wife, Joni, whose betrayal led the Vietnam vet to use his murderous talents in civilian life. Leary of coincidence, Quarry works to understand how he can fulfill his professional obligation to Stockwell without Joni getting caught in the middle, even as he wonders whether she's behind the contract. Collins amply leavens the violence with wit. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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