In anticipation of the Cinemax TV series comes a reissue of the first novel in the author's popular Quarry series, in which a hired hitman's job goes horribly wrong and he is determined to find out who set him up. Reissue. TV tie-in.
The Broker deals in murder on the open market with the assistance of a highly paid, precise killer, a young Vietnam veteran named Quarry whose loyalty to his employer is shaken when someone tries to kill him.
The assignment was simple: stake out the man’s home and kill him. Easy work for a professional like Quarry. But when things go horribly wrong, Quarry finds himself with a new mission: learn who hired him, and make the bastard pay.
The longest-running series from Max Allan Collins, author of Road to Perdition, and the first ever to feature a hitman as the main character, the Quarry novels tell the story of a paid assassin with a rebellious streak and an unlikely taste for justice. Once a Marine sniper, Quarry found a new home stateside with a group of contract killers. But some men aren’t made for taking orders – and when Quarry strikes off on his own, God help the man on the other side of his nine-millimeter…
