Kill Zone

By Loren D. Estleman

Book Overview

A remarkable new antihero, mob hit man Peter Macklin must end a hostage crisis on a tour boat in Lake Erie Siegfried, a terrorist group made up of a killer, a bassist, an ex-marine, a demolitions... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449128393
• ISBN13: 9780449128398
• Release Date: June 1986
• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 3.5" x 7.1" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

kill zone

this is the first of the Peter Macklin suspense series[roses are dead, anyman's death]and it starts the beginnings of Macklin's troubles. Charles Maggiori acting head of the 1980's Detoit mob assigns Macklin to a hit which is sucessful but cannot control Macklin so hires another hitman to kill him. The Bobolo cruise liner is Hijacked on Lake Erie with 800 passengers held hostage by eight Terrorists who want 10 criminals released from The Downriver prison or they will blow the cruise ship which has been rigged. Michael Boniface imprisoned head of the Detroit mob makes a deal with the F.B.I. which shortened his sentence to let Macklin handle the terrorists. His wife discovers that he is a mafia hitman[he had her thinking that he was an efficiency expert]so makes plans of her own. He prepares to go after the terrorists and has to fend off the hitman assigned to kill him, upon disposing of the hitman he moves on to handle the terorists. He gets to one of the terrorist who also was a boniface hitman and paid him more than terrorists did,andgot his assistance in turning the tables. This novel should be a movie the writing is smooth,clear,entertaining,and credible.a must for any real suspense reader.