Cut from the Will and Willing to Kill

By Joe Reiner

A lean, darkly funny crime novel starring a teenage grifter, an angry Hungarian, and a gay, drug-addled heir-with a corpse buried in the sand of his fake tropical beach.

Zoltan, a washed-up Hungarian running petty insurance scams, tries his hand at blackmail. His target? Peyton-a decadent heir certain to blow it all one way or another.

Janey sniffs out Zoltan's scheme-she's thirteen, brilliant, and knows cash is freedom chips. Inheritance becomes a blood sport, blackmail turns deadly, and the line between comedy and tragedy blurs under the Pacific Northwest rain.

Cut from the Will and Willing to Kill is noir for the modern age: sharp, droll, and gritty. Fans of Charles Willeford, the Coen brothers' Fargo, or the Ripley movies will feel right at home.

The first in a gritty new crime series - Janey's Trouble is on the way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G34GZPMK
• ISBN13: 9798232779030
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Joe Reiner
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"