Roses Are Dead

By Loren D. Estleman

Book Overview

Hit man Peter Macklin battles divorce attorneys, mobsters, and hired assassins in this action-packed, hard-boiled thriller

For years, Donna ignored the guns in her husband's safe, his long hours, and all the cash he couldn't possibly have made as an "efficiency expert." But finally she was forced to admit that Peter Macklin is a killer for hire. Donna wants a divorce, and she wants to take her husband for all he's worth. But she won't get a penny if he's dead.

Macklin, who recently cut ties with the mob, is leaving his divorce attorney's office when he's attacked. Quick thinking saves his life, but the Detroit mob has turned on him, and they'll keep sending assassins until Macklin is put in the ground. He'll have to kill like never before--or this hit man won't live to make his first alimony payment.

This riveting thriller from four-time Shamus Award-winning author Loren D. Estleman features one of the most redoubtable antiheroes in hard-boiled crime fiction.

Contains mature themes.

• Format: MP3 CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CW513MXH
• ISBN13: 9798212941259
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Tantor Audio

Customer Reviews

Roses are dead

This is the second of the Peter Macklin suspense series. It is a very good story. It shows that in Detroit of the 1980's even Mafia Hitmen have troubles. Pete Macklin's Wife after discovering that her husband's eficiency expert job was really that of a hitman takes steps to divorce him,he is served papers,he obtains his boss's attorney [Klieg] and escapes a retaliatory asassination attempt on his way to protect Klieg's niece from a pornographer. A japanese asassination attempt on him misfires. He is taken to the cleaners by his wife when he is divorced. The hijackers of the Bobolo incident's boss has a killer on his trail and the attempt on his life delays him causing klieg's nice to be killed. He learns that the pornographer and his stalker are a team. He tracks them down and terminates their contracts.