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Title: The Last Quarry
Subtitle: Quarry, Book 7
Author: Max Allan Collins
Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-30-15
Publisher: Skyboat Media, Inc.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry long ago disappeared into a well-earned retirement. But now a media magnate has lured the restless hit man into tackling one last lucrative assignment. The target is an unlikely one - why, Quarry wonders, would anyone want a beautiful young librarian dead? And why in hell does he care?
On the 13th anniversary of the enigmatic assassin's first appearance, best-selling author Max Allan Collins brings him back for a dark and deadly mission, where the last quarry may turn out to be Quarry himself.
Members Reviews:
Love and Death in Quarry's World
Leslie Fiedler wrote a great book entitled Love and Death in the American Novel. Love and Death play an equally important role in American crime fiction. In The Last Quarry (which may not be the last, only the last for now) "Quarry" (Max Allan Collins' hit man's pseudonym) is in retirement. He discovers a woman who has been kidnapped, saves her, and receives a contract offer from her father. The problem is that the target is a young woman. A sweet young woman. A librarian. As Quarry observes her, and then meets her, he must make a decision--whether to opt for love or death. Once he discovers the reason for the contract that decision becomes easier. This is an excellent addition to the series, with a particularly satisfying ending, involving lots of love and lots of death. If Quarry is now to be retired for good, we wish him well. Side point: in the course of the story Quarry must adopt a second pseudonym. He calls himself Jack Keller, with a sweet touch of homage to Lawrence Block's hit man protagonist. Thanks to Max Allan Collins for another superb Quarry novel, with a quiet wish that this not be the last.
Fast and Furious
The Broker gave him the name of Jack Quarry, and he hired this rough edged man for murder-for-hire contracts. After Nam, killing came easy. It was a business to settle problems, and to make money. Ten years later, Jack killed the Broker, then he moved to Paradise Lake in Wisconsin.
He met the woman he wanted to marry and they embarked on a lodge business. Then, the past flooded through their door. She was killed, and he was without a life, or even an identity. Later, he killed those responsible for her death, but all that was left was a gaping hole of emptiness.
Gary offered Jack a way out. He offered him a job managing the Sylvan Lodge. Jack could turn a buck, tap into his marketable skills, and keep a low profile. Pal helping pal. It was a good plan, while it lasted.
Jack had always been a free lancer, but he recognized Harry, one of The Outfit Mob boys from Chicago. Suspicion arose when Jack saw Harry stocking up on supplies, and this from a backwoods convenience store. It was off season. Jack's recent boredom was about to end abruptly. Harry and his gay pal, Louis, had an heiress, Jonah Green's daughter, handcuffed to the bedpost. Green was a media magnate who owned satellite super stations, baseball teams, and anything he fancied. The kidnapping had to be for ransom.
Follow along as Jack tries to untangle this fast paced crime spree with its wide spread web of corruption. This is hard hitting, hard language and violent action. Be forewarned, you will be enticed into finishing this novel in one breathless night. Well maybe, if you are a fast reader and skip on the chip munching.