The Reapers — John Connolly

A POETIC AND OMINOUS NOVEL ABOUT A CHAIN OF KILLINGS, OBSCURELY LINKED OVER A LONG PASSAGE OF YEARS, AND THE SETTLING OF THEIR BLOOD DEBTS -- PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.

As a small boy, Louis witnessed an unspeakable, racially motivated crime that changed his soul. As a teen, he sought brutal vengeance for his mother's murder, setting himself irrevocably on a path of violence that led to becoming an elite assassin, a Reaper. Years later, his past sins meet his present when he and his partner Angel are targeted by a man who was once a Reaper too -- a man who has been paid to kill, but also has a personal score to settle. Louis and Angel strike back, but when they mysteriously disappear, their friends -- led by private detective Charlie Parker -- must band together to find them. For in a world of kill or be killed, where everyone is corrupt and murderers go unpunished, only betrayals are always avenged.