Short attention span?Don't have the time to devote to a full-length novel?Or maybe you just want to sample the genre with a book that contains multiple writing styles.This may be the book for you.I was in the library with my wife recently and was strolling past the isles looking for something to pass the time.The cover of this book alone is enough to grab your attention.
After I saw it was short stories, it was perfect to pass the time with and something I could be interrupted while reading.However, before I knew it I was half way through the book devouring each story.My wife was finally ready to leave but I wasn't ready to leave the book!
I picked up a copy on Amazon because I knew it was something I would probably go back and reread in the future.For someone who might get bored with a novel that has the same writing style throughout, this may just keep your attention.The first few stories start out with small narratives following just the day-to-day activities of a hitman "on the job."
But before you get bored it moves on to stories following their inner thoughts, personal relationships, life "off the job", and a few stories that will throw you for a loop at the end in true mystery story style.
The book ends with stories about private investigators where clients hire them not just for their ability to kill someone but their ability to judge based on the client's criteria whether they should be killed.
This is a truly large collection of stories that share a theme on the surface only but each story is a new adventure that is totally unrelated to any other story in the book.You will start fresh with each narrative and will ask yourself at the end of each one, "How can it get better than that?"
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