First published 2013
Nicholas Edwards has found peace renovating houses in New Orleans. He has a wife, a stamp collection, and steady work that keeps his hands busy. The life he built feels real enough that he can almost forget he once killed people for money. When the economy collapses and construction work dries up, a single phone call changes everything. Edwards becomes Keller again, the professional killer he tried to leave behind. His first job takes him to New York, where he must eliminate an abbot in a midtown monastery. The next assignment puts him on a West Indies cruise with his wife Julia, hunting a government witness who travels with a striking young woman. But the real test comes in Cheyenne, where a recent widow wants to sell her deceased husband's stamp collection. Keller discovers that some parts of his old life and his new one cannot stay separate forever.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Cheyenne, New Orleans, New York, West Indies
Period: 21st-century
337 pages · Hardcover · Mulholland Books
Content warnings: violence