A Killing Kiss — B.R. Stateham

A Merciless Killer. A Beautiful Widow. An Innocent Child. When Jacob Menten is murdered, the battle to take his place at the head of a brutal crime syndicate will be long and bloody. His innocent wife and child are caught up in a war of succession and a tangle of secrets and lies. Who killed the old boss? And how do they hope to gain from the death and destruction unleashed? It will take all of Smitty's talents to fulfil the dead man's final wish and keep his family safe. But then, Smitty is a hitman of exceptional talent... From the author of the Hahn/Morales detective stories, A Killing Kiss is a muderous tale as tough as they come. "B.R. Stateham's Smitty is a classic hard-boiled noir creation." -Paul D. Brazill (author of Guns of Brixton) "A Killing Kiss is a hard blast of pure noir... mixing Dashiell Hammett with an extremely real sense of danger." -Richard Godwin (author of One Lost Summer and Confessions of a Hit Man)