CROSS, Neil - Mr In-Between - (Paperback - Signed by Author)

Book still in very good condition - Signed by author on title page -  >>>  I don't mind admitting that this unsparing and disturbing novel by Neil Cross had me in a vise-like grip right from the opening line. This is relentless storytelling, incorporating literary components as well as heart-pounding passages of inhuman violence, and combining this potent mix with a totally believable and complex protagonist -- even if he is a man on the shadowy fringes of society. Jon Bennet is employed by the deliciously malevolent Tattooed Man in the capacity of exterminating angel and killer. Whenever drastic and / or terminal is required, Bennet steps into his designated role as a cold and merciless hit man, or as a grim breaker of bones when persuasion rather than death is the indicated way to go. He is loyal to his employer, does not raise questions about his part in the proceedings and is totally efficient in the dispatching of the unfortunate people that fall foul of his monstrous employer.    - But then Jon's solitary, ordered lifestyle is threatened when he encounters some old friends from school.   (Gerhard from Goodreads)      * Thriller * Adventure * Crime *