The third novel featuring the title character first introduced in Thomas Perry's Edgar-winning debut The Butcher's Boy finds the highly skilled hit man going up against the mob to protect his new way of life.

After two decades protecting innocent victims on the run, and a year after getting shot on a job that took a dangerous turn for the worse, Jane McKinnon, nee Whitefield, has settled into the quiet life of a suburban housewife in Amhe...