The Killing Kind by Chris Holm - ISBN: 9781473606166
Paperback
He’s a killer with a code, now everyone wants him dead.

The Killing Kind

Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    11 July 2016

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Summary

Michael Hendricks is not a good man. He doesn’t deserve a good life. But he is very good at his job.

He’s the killing kind.

He knows he’s a bad person, but he still has a code: he doesn’t work for anyone but himself, and he never kills civilians. He only hits hitters.

It’s not a bad way to make a living, but it’s a great way to make enemies.

And now the FBI and the mafia have Hendricks in their sights, he’s about to learn just how good he really is…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781473606166
ISBN-10:1473606160
Author:Chris Holm
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Mulholland Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:11 July 2016
Weight:219g
Dimensions:198mm x 139mm x 20mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A ripping, twisting yarn you can read in one sitting

A story of rare, compelling brilliance, with a concept so high you’ll need oxygen to finish it…This is a one-sitting, extravagant, mind-blowing reading pleasure with a stable of characters who come across as all flesh, bone and folly. You will never look at men hired to kill other humans the same way. You won’t merely read this book, you will inhale it. - David Baldacci

Lean, brutal and riveting, THE KILLING KIND is the kind of novel you can’t put down but also want to savour. With sharply etched characters, knifelike twists and hardboiled energy to burn, it’s an utter winner, beginning to end.

- Megan Abbott, bestselling author of THE END OF EVERYTHING

Roaring tough-guy fun - The Sunday Times

Pure joy…so fast-moving, so expertly arranged, every piece fitting together with a well-oiled snap, that it feels weaponized. Read it. Or else. - New York Times Book Review

A fast-moving thriller with a clever premise…Who will best whom is by no means obvious in this fast-moving, witty tale of good guy versus bad guy versus worse guy. - Kirkus starred review

Holm is terrific at rendering characters with empathy and humour…you’ll want to go along for the ride - but keep that seat belt fastened - Boston Globe

About The Author

Chris Holm

Chris Holm is an award-winning short story writer whose work has appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies, including Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Needle: A Magazine of Noir, and The Best American Mystery Stories 2011. His critically acclaimed trilogy of Collector novels, which blended fantasy with old-fashioned crime pulp, appeared on over forty year’s best lists. He lives in Portland, Maine.

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