Hit Me

Back at the beginning of this series, professional hit man Keller would often fantasize about retiring and buying a house in one of the cities he visited while on the job, and circumstances beyond his control eventually pushed into that very situation. When we last saw him, Keller was living in New......more

Of all the characters that Lawrence Block has created, my second-favorite (after Matthew Scudder) is John Paul Keller, philatelist and hit man. Keller orginially appeared in a series of short stories that were published in Playboy and other magazines. Later, some of the stories were collected in Hit......more

This is a pretty good read. If you have followed the story of our everyman/hit man Keller then you know he settled down and stopped killing people. Then the recession hit and you know how it is... Sometimes you have to go back to an old carrier to pay the bills, or buy that rare multi-thousand dollar......more

Keller is enjoying a quiet life in New Orleans with his wife and daughter when, like many Americans at the time, he is hit by the financial crisis of the late 2000s. With his house-flipping business belly-up, Keller receives a call from Dot asking if he’s willing to come out of retirement. Once again......more

Keller has retired from the hitman business, devoting his time to rehabilitating houses in New Orleans, his family, and his stamps. Then the crash set in, and he starts killing people like he never left. It's okay. To be honest, I like his burglar books better.......more