Showing results for "Hit Men" in Literature & Fiction

Being a hit man has its perks, but I never thought getting an accidental mooning by an attractive PI while he’s caught on a fence would be one of them. While it’s not exactly love at first sight, he’s captured my interest and won’t let go. Suddenly, I find myself caught in a game of cat and mouse, determined to attract the attention of Jackson, the PI who should be my enemy. He pretends like he’s not flattered by my flowers and the mentions of my totally-not-fictitious blow-up doll, Randy (or was it Dandy?), but I know better.

Loving Leland comes easy, but keeping him safe doesn’t because there’s someone trailing Leland who might want to hurt him. The problem is that as Lucas strings us along and tales begin to become tangled, it’s hard to tell who is right and who is wrong.

Now that Leland’s decided to give up his life as a hitman and take a walk on the mild side, we’ve been enjoying a simple life of taking down bad guys the legal way. I didn’t know he would be just as reckless as a PI, but it’s not my fault if I happen to enjoy helping him hunt down the occasional criminal. If only I could keep the house from being overrun by Leland’s gun shrine - or stop him from making our cases “more exciting” by terrorizing people into confessing. Overall, life seems perfect, right? Wrong.

Is a nice little wedding with Blow-up Randy and Jackson My Love too much to ask for? Clearly, because someone’s trying to kill one of us...again. Generally, this would be my thing and I would jump right in singing my murder song, but they want Jackson dead and I will do anything (and I mean anything) to keep him alive - including and not limited to: 10 Dobermans, bulletproof glass, and dragging Cassel in with the promise of more Jerebear.

The Château du Ciel was once the destination for the rich and famous to play, drink and ski—complete with a private railway to shuttle those desiring extra privacy—now, however, the guests are few and far between. The New Year’s Eve party was supposed to hoist the rundown hotel back to its former status, until a massive blizzard hits, trapping the guests who’ve come to celebrate the grand hotel’s last hurrah. The circumstances might even be romantic, if the hotel wasn't reputed to be haunted.

Stellen Sie sich vor, dass Ihre beste Freundin von einem Auftragskiller umgebracht wird. Und jetzt stellen Sie sich vor, dass niemand Ihnen glaubt. Was tun Sie? Wie weit würden Sie gehen für ein bisschen Gerechtigkeit? Vielleicht würden Sie so weit gehen wie ich. Würden Sie freiwillig zum Auftragskiller werden?

Author Dr. Richard Marcs invites you to participate in a literary experiment. Each week he will read a chapter in his unpublished manuscript A Murder Most Foul: The Life of a Hitman, and invites you to comment, question, and suggest alterations and improvements on the story.

From some of the hottest names in crime fiction today come original stories written expressly for this collection. These four taut tales, loaded with tension and charged with uncertainty, bring each victim - the unsuspecting, the hunted, the fearful - into the deadly sights of a hired killer's gun.

Andreas lod tankerne flyve. Det var måske sidste gang, han kunne lade dem gøre det. Sammen med Silje var han på vej mod en skæbne, der kunne være værre end døden. Hvis han var heldig, kunne han nøjes med døden. Andreas og Silje tager sammen fat på den opgave, som de begge ved, bliver deres sidste. Men kan de stole på hinanden, når alle sandheder om fortiden kommer frem? HITMAN er en hæsblæsende serie, spækket med hævntørst, tempo og moralske dilemmaer, og du bliver konstant udfordret som læser: Hvad er rigtigt, og hvad er forkert? Peter Krogholm (f. 1976) er journalist og forfatter.

"Andreas, inden du pakker op, skal du vide en ting: I vores familie betyder det rent faktisk noget at træde ind i de voksnes rækker. Det, der sker nu, er sket for alle drengene i min familie på deres konfirmationsdag. Jeg håber meget, du vil følge traditionen og gøre mig stolt," sagde far og så på mig, som han aldrig havde set på mig før. Med en blanding af respekt og nervøs forventning. Andreas kommer i sit livs dilemma, da han får en noget anderledes konfirmationsgave af sine forældre. Lige meget hvad han gør, synes hans liv kun at have én retning: Direkte mod afgrunden.

I'm not the bad guy. I'm just tired of being the low-status nobody everyone treats like shit, and I've finally found a way to even the score. But bonding with an ancient, powerful demon is just the first step. After centuries of inactivity, that demon is at a low ebb. Turns out, my demon is an Incubus. Guess how he powers back up? That's right. By seducing women, as many as he can get.

When second best is all you can afford, you need Jimmy Eyebrow - Budget Hitman. Stumbling into the hit business purely by accident, this low-rent convicted underwear thief burst onto the contract killer scene with a ferocity rarely seen and the bodies soon began piling up in his wake. So if you need the job done and you can live not only with the consequences but also the trail of collateral damage leading straight to your door, Jimmy Eyebrow is your man.

The newest anthology from Mystery Writers of America explores the theme of home and the crimes that endanger it, with stories by Ellen Hart, Naomi Hirahara, Walter Mosley, Sara Paretsky and more. Everyone comes from someplace. Everyone has somewhere they feel safe. Some people have found their...