by Chris Holm
First published 2016
Michael Hendricks operates by his own moral code. He kills hitmen, not their targets. When a strip club owner in Las Vegas contracts a hit on a dancer who rejected his advances, Hendricks packs his bags for Nevada. The dancer refused to spend time with her boss outside work, and now she faces death for that choice. Hendricks works with tech expert Lester, who feeds him information through an earpiece. He adopts a false identity to blend into the Vegas scene. The desert heat beats down as Hendricks searches the city outskirts. He faces one major problem: he cannot identify his target by sight. Someone mistakes him for another person, and the error nearly costs him his life. The principled killer must rely on his experience and cunning to complete his mission and save an innocent woman.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Las Vegas, Nevada
Period: 21st-century
25 pages · Kindle Edition · Mulholland Books