Quarry's List

[NOIRTRASH]

QUARRY'S LIST by Max Allan Collins

4+ starz

An oldie but goodie from 1971 or so.

Quarry is a hitman. Two assassins break into his home to kill him, Quarry kills them. He then launches a quest to find out whats up and why. Several bad guys die.

I wont spoil the surprise end, but its clever.In fact the whole book is fulla surprises.

 

[sr71plt]

But not as good a Raymond Chandler, certainly.

 

[lovecraft68]

I should check some of these older books out. Growing up in the eighties, the only assassin books I found were two long running series, Mac Bolan Executioner and The Destroyer series.

Funny how you evolve. I thought Bolan was crap and dull, and Destroyer was the shit. Then as I got older I realized what Bolan was, was more realistic and Destroyer was so off the charts it was cartoonish.

But Destroyer also had sex scenes and my parents had no idea so I bought them for that as well. Until my sister got mad at me and ratted me out they took them away from me.

Oh, sibling rivalry....we still try to get to each other in trouble to this day

 

[NOIRTRASH]

I should check some of these older books out. Growing up in the eighties, the only assassin books I found were two long running series, Mac Bolan Executioner and The Destroyer series.

Funny how you evolve. I thought Bolan was crap and dull, and Destroyer was the shit. Then as I got older I realized what Bolan was, was more realistic and Destroyer was so off the charts it was cartoonish.

But Destroyer also had sex scenes and my parents had no idea so I bought them for that as well. Until my sister got mad at me and ratted me out they took them away from me.

Oh, sibling rivalry....we still try to get to each other in trouble to this day

QUARRYS LIST is right up your alley but I cant reveal why. Lotsa writers will find inspiration in the surprise.