The Big Kill

Mike Hammer is a tough detective circa 1950 who chain smokes and hangs out in bars. One rainy night while sitting in a bar, Hammer sees a man enter the joint sobbing, accompanied by his little boy. The man kisses the boy goodbye and walks out into the night to his death at the hands of gunmen. After witnessing the murder, Hammer takes custody of the child and sets out to find who was responsible. The book is well written and the story is well constructed. The Books on Tape version of the book has good sound quality and the reader does an excellent job.