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The Killing Man

Mike Hammer Book 12

Book 12 of the Mike Hammer series.Hammer walks into his office to find Velda unconscious on the floor, a mobster butchered in his chair, and a note from a killer signed “Penta.” With the DA, FBI, CIA, and the Mafia all crowding in, Hammer has to find out who really owns the corpse on his carpet.

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Published 1989
Part of the Mike Hammer series as book 12.

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Hammer walks into his office to find Velda unconscious on the floor, a mobster butchered in his chair, and a note from a killer signed “Penta.” With the DA, FBI, CIA, and the Mafia all crowding in, Hammer has to find out who really owns the corpse on his carpet.

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A good next step after The Killing Man is I, the Jury, My Gun Is Quick, Vengeance is Mine.

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The Killing Man was published in 1989.