Finished Hit Man by Lawrence Block.

This is the first book in Block’s series about John Keller, a professional hit man. To Keller, killing people is just like any other job, and it doesn’t bother him too much. He just happens to leave New York eight or ten times a year to go help people quit breathing. Along the way, he goes into therapy, gets and loses a dog, gets and loses a live-in girlfriend, and starts collecting stamps.

The book was enjoyable, but it felt more like a series of short stories strung together rather than a cohesive novel. You could really read every chapter like it was its own seperate story. There wasn’t a lot of plot threads to tie the whole thing together, and I didn’t feel like Keller really had to overcome anything in the end. 

For that reason, I’m going to have to give it a thumbs down. But I will mention that the second book in the series, Hit List, is much more cohesive and much better.

Up next: Black Ice by Anne Stuart