Keller
Three episodic novels — Hit Man, Hit List, and Hit Parade — and one full length novel — Hit and Run — chronicle the life of Keller, a lonely, wistful hitman who originally appeared as a semi-regular feature in Playboy magazine in the 1990s. Keller's full name is John Paul Keller (a fact mentioned in Hit Man), although he is rarely called anything but Keller in the series. Keller receives assignments via a contact named Dot, based in White Plains. His assignments usually take him to different cities, where he often envisions himself retiring from the business, daydreaming about settling there, before finishing off the assignment and returning, his fantasies forgotten as a passing dream. Keller's unlikely pastime is stamp collecting. Hit and Run was nominated for The CWA Gold Dagger at the 2009 Crime Thriller Awards.
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