The Silver Bear (Ulverscroft) - Hardcover

Haas, Derek

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847827039 ISBN 13: 9781847827036

Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

"A natural killer," his mentor--a middleman named Vespucci--said he was. He proved it with his first professional hit: a Fifth Circuit Court judge in Boston, executed with a sheet of Saran Wrap in the stairwell of her own courthouse. He's proved his merit often, usually with a Glock semiautomatic, but he's improvised too, with his bare hands, the heel of a shoe, knives, even a sewing machine. He is the consummate assassin, at the top of his form, immune to the psychological strains of his chosen profession. He is what the Russians call a Silver Bear. He calls himself Columbus. It's the name Vespucci gave him, ten years ago, when he discovered a dark, new world of fences, clients, marks, jobs, jack. Not that his real name meant much to him anyway. He never knew his father or his mother, a prostitute who became dangerously involved back in the seventies with an earnest young congressman named Abe Mann, then a rising star in the Democratic Party. The magnetic Abe Mann has since become the Speaker of the House. He is currently running for the Democratic nomination in an exhausting presidential campaign, weaving his way across the country. Columbus is not far behind. But as he pieces together his past and prepares the seamless assassination of his mark, the criminal underworld he has always ruled begins unraveling violently around him.

About this title

Review:

Highlights of Haas's cinematic thriller include a cross-country junket, quick reversals, lightning violence and a surprising denouement...Lean work, with every word counting and adding up to more than most authors land in twice the space (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))

Well written, fast-paced, and engaging...a thrilling account of a professional killer at his peak...The cross-country hunt is a fast read; fans of James Patterson and Jeffrey Deaver will enjoy (Library Journal)

Book Description:

Jason Bourne meets Leon in this intense psychological thriller which will draw you in and drag you under...

About this edition

• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1847827039
• ISBN 13: 9781847827036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272