Dying for Revenge (Gideon Trilogy, Book 3)
by Eric Jerome Dickey
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Author: Eric Jerome DickeyEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-18
ISBN: 0525950869
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Dutton Adult
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Book Review: Cartoon of a hitman, but I got a good quote from the book
Summary: 2 Stars
This book moves along, but I found it incredible -- and not in a good sense. Could a hit man who obviously left legions of bodies in his wake remain in business for long? I don't think so. Then, the hero's nemesis, or one of them at any rate, is a politician. In attempts prior to this book, he knocked off a bunch of her body guards. Don't you think that this might set off alarm bells, not to say bloodhounds? How long would a guy like this remain on the loose let alone in the hit man biz?
I once had the distinction of sitting in a packed subway car one seat in front of self-confessed hit man. With my nose in a book, I had gradually became aware of a conversation taking place between him and his seatmate. A former Eastern Bloc resident, HitGuy was telling his American seatmate that he had become a hit man in his former home country because employment opportunities were so limited. The only paying job he could find was to knock people off. He spoke in a matter of fact voice but kept asking the American, "I don't think too many people could do this kind of thing, do you?" I was so stunned I don't remember much else of the conversation. I did, however, keep my nose buried in my book, although I forgot to turn the pages.
After this, I contacted two of my friends I thought most likely to have any kind of knowledge of the character of hit men. One, over sixty, was a former member of a girl gang, "but in those days, girl gangs were not like the ones today!" Her ex had been a member of the Hell's Angles and had a number of iffy acquaintances. Turns out one, "The nicest man you'd ever meet!" was a hit man, she was told later.
The second friend I contacted used to play the horses. He told me a memorable story about trying to collect his winnings, after a revised finish placed his horse first in a race, AND after the payoff had been made by the local mafioso type overlord. My friend had to go argue the case for his winnings to this guy. "By the time I climbed into the car with two bruisers to go to the meeting, I was REALLY rethinking my insistence on claiming my winnings," he recounted.
Turns out my friend did not know of any hit men from his horse betting days. However, he did from his days of running a computer department at a government agency. My friend recalled, "I knew a hit man -- he worked for me as a computer operator!!! The guy used to joke how he couldn't even raise his voice to his wife because her dog would bite him! He'd laugh as he said this!"
My friend didn't find out about his subordinate's second career until years later. Like my ex-girl gang friend, he described his homicidal computer operator as one of the nicest guys you could meet -- and with a great sense of humor, too.
Now, I've never met or been able to interview a professional hit man myself, but from my friends' experiences, I would guess that aside from the athletic and technical abilities necessary to bump people off, and the ability to live with themselves before, during and after these events, hit people would have to have the ability to go under the radar. This includes keeping the obvious, as opposed to actual, body count down. Unlike the killer hero in this book, they would need to attract as little attention as possible, so they could get away to ply their trade another day.
So, to my taste, the writing was OK, but not the premise of what a hit man was like, so I didn't buy quite a bit of activity in this book. On the other hand, I got some ideas for unconventional, self-defense weapons. I also collect quotes and got a set worth saving from this book: "Wisdom was knowing what to do. Skill was the ability to do it. Virtue was doing it." Sayings for another day.
Summary of Dying for Revenge (Gideon Trilogy, Book 3)
After a bestselling doubleheader in 2007 with Sleeping with Strangers and Waking with Enemies (both reaching #9 on the New York Times bestseller list), Eric Jerome Dickey is back with the final installment in his thrilling trilogy?Dying for Revenge.This fast-paced story about a steamy, seamy underworld of crime that spans the globe features the hit man Gideon, a character who captivated fans in the first two books, squaring off against his most intriguing adversary yet.
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