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MURDER ON THE DODDER - Keith Bruton

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I only just learned, as I went to grab the cover of the book to post on the blog, that this book is a follow-up to another volume ( The Lemon Man ). This definitely explains some of the questions I had (or at least I hope the previous volume would explain some of my questions). But as to what, exactly, he does, is addressed pretty directly. Patrick Callen is a hitman.   Every year the prisons release a dozen or so killers back onto the streets. The average life sentence is about eighteen years. Not much of a life sentence. That’s where I come in. I get paid to kill these scumbags. I’ve been a hit man for ten years and that’s what pays the bills. It’s no nine-to-five job, far from it, but I’m the best in the country at it. Now, ask yourself the question, if someone close to you got hurt, abused, or murdered by some lowlife, wouldn’t you want them dead? Good at what he does, with no emotional tie to those he bumps off (or tortures), he gets around by bicycle and, because of his OCD, make

FORGING A NIGHTMARE - Patricia A. Jackson

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The descendants of God's fallen angels still live among us, though they've managed to keep a low profile and their heritage out of the public eye for a millennia. But now someone has discovered their secret - and not just anyone ... a notorious serial killer knows who they are and has selected them as his next targets. A series of grisly murders brings the FBI (Agent Michael Childs) to New York, but the oddest thing about the murders might not be what ties the victims together ... that they all have twelve fingers and twelve toes ... it might be that one of their best leads is a Marine Sniper ...who was killed in Syria. Or perhaps it's what Michael Childs learns about himself. This is one of the more original fantasy/mysteries that I've read in quite a long time.  It is books like this that really had me enjoying reading whatever Angry Robot published for a few years. Author Patricia A. Jackson hooks us right from the start, jumping right into the surface mystery (the i