The premise of this book sounded interesting but the execution was very rough. Offensive language (ginny, nigger, cunt, balls, nuts, gonads, etc) not just once but every other page. This book was definitely written by a man for a male audience. I usually don't mind the violence or the language but this book didn't have anything else. It was just rough language, rough characters and one violent situation after another. So not my kind of book. The only reason I even finished it was because I was listening to it in my car and not actually reading it at all. Reading it I would have skipped at this stuff and missed half the story.

Assassin Joe Flood gets a surprise diagnosis of leukemia and puts a contract out on himself. Then when the doctors reveals the mis-diagnosis, Joe tries to rescind the contract. Of course, that is out of the question. Joe spends the rest of the book trying to survive assassin after assassin coming after him. I was surprised that these are the best of the best (including Joe) and they couldn't shoot for shit. And if they did get a hit, they didn't make sure the target was dead. I know it makes for a better story if the protagonist comes out of nowhere to save the say but it makes for a really stupid and unbelievable story.

The only characters I really liked were Mickey, the Down's syndrome boy and his parents. They had real heart and did their best to help Joe. I don't particularly like Jay Bonansinga writing style so won't be reading anymore of this books.

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