www.MysteryThriller.tv I'd seen that John Locke was rocking the Kindle top 100 and just had to try his 99 cent thrillers. After I'd read this one, I went ahead and immediately bought the next one. These are a fast read for a weekend treat. As all good thrillers and mysteries, it starts with death in a house fire - and this echoes through the book winding it's way into the plot. The main character is Donovan Creed, an assassin working for a shady arm of the government but also doing some freelance work for organized crime and other interested parties. We are introduced to Creed as he is testing a weapon on himself in the cell he lives in. His lack of need for a physical home is fascinating - he sleeps in this cell or in crawl spaces in people's homes. Just one of the many original quirks the man has. I find a lot of assassin books characterless but Creed is a complex man. He has an ex-wive and daughter and gets involved again in this book. We see his ethical side, the side that will protect his family no matter what, loyalty of sorts to his friends. He protects his ex-wife from a physically abusive boyfriend, even though his methods are questionable. His determination to get payback for the fire in the opening scenes also drives him to great excess, but he's doing it for the little girl who survived the fire with horrific burns. Creed is also hired by Victor, a paraplegic who's also protected by midgets, or little people. There may be some politically incorrect jokes in ...