Keller Series (Books 5.1-5.4) by Lawrence Block
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Overview: Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) in 2002.
From his web site:
I’m told every good author website needs a bio, so here’s mine:
"Lawrence Block’s novels range from the urban noir of Matthew Scudder (A Drop of the Hard Stuff) to the urbane effervescence of Bernie Rhodenbarr (The Burglar on the Prowl), while other characters include the globe-trotting insomniac Evan Tanner
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
Keller on the Spot 5.1
Keller on the Spot is the eighth story about Keller, your basic Urban Lonely Guy and wistful assassin for hire. Like most of the its predecessors, it made its first appearance in Playboy, and in due course won the MWA Edgar Allan Poe award as best short story of the year.
The life of a hired killer has its rewards, but the opportunity to be a hero is rarely one of them. Here Keller is unquestionably heroic, at least early on…
Keller on the Spot is one of ten adventures that comprise the episodic novel, Hit Man.
Keller’s Adjustment
Keller, an introspective fellow, is your basic Urban Lonely Guy. He collects stamps. He used to have a dog, until the dog walker walked off with him. Now he soldiers on alone.
It’s his profession that sets him apart. He’s a hit man. He kills strangers for a living.
And he’s a Guilty Pleasure for an ever-increasing number of readers. "I don’t think I ought to like Keller," readers tell me. "But I can’t help myself…"
Keller’s Adjustment was written in the early months of 2003, in a small ship cruising the South Pacific from Tahiti to Guam. That was far indeed from New York City, Keller’s home base. (And mine.)
I wrote the novella for Transgressions, a prestigious anthology of lengthy stories by prominent writers, commissioned and edited by my friend Evan Hunter/Ed McBain. It subsequently appeared as a key episode of Hit Parade, my third book about Keller—so if you own Hit Parade, you’ve already read Keller’s Adjustment.
If not, or if you’re ready renew your acquaintance, I’m pleased to recommend the novella to your attention. It was written in the wake of 9/11, and shows Keller’s reaction to the assault on his city. And, as its title implies, it’s about adjusting to a new reality. Perhaps it echoes the story Sam Spade recounts in Hammett’s Maltese Falcon, about a man who has a narrow escape from accidental death on his way to work one morning. He reponds by disappearing, and by the time Spade finds him he has recreated his original life halfway across the country. He adjusted to a world in which beams fell, Spade tells us, and then no more beams fell, and he adjusted to that.
Keller’s Horoscope
Keller’s a Gemini. He has a murderer’s thumb.
Who knew?
Keller’s Horoscope originally appeared in Death by Horoscope, an anthology of crime stories with an astrological element. It was subsequently included in the second Keller episodic novel, Hit List, and is now eVailable by itself for the first time.
Keller in Des Moines
It seems pretty straightforward. Keller’s hired, dispatched to Des Moines, and given the particulars on an assignment. His client stashes him in a motel room where he’s to await further instructions. And then, well,something happens. Something unforeseen.Something life-changing.
Four of the five novels featuring Keller are episodic. But HIT AND RUN, of which KELLER IN DES MOINES is the opening sequence, is a thriller with a single story arc from beginning to end. Thus, unlike the other Keller novelettes and novellas available for Kindle, KELLER IN DES MOINES is unresolved at its end; you’ll want to turn the page, and to do that you’ll have to have the complete novel.
And that’s why the price of KELLER IN DES MOINES is only 99¢. It’s a quick and inexpensive introduction to HIT AND RUN—in fact it’s completely free, if you’re a Kindle Unlimited subscriber. And, if you’re intrigued, it’s easy enough to go on.
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