Remi Bone
A Novel
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Publisher Description
Single father Remi Bone knows that his daughter' s Ivy League education will cost an arm and a leg . . . or a few bodies
Remi Bone is a good guy. He' s a hardworking mechanic, a single father raising his late wife' s daughter, and now, he' s dying of heart failure. But his daughter Kayla was just admitted to the college of her dreams. How will she afford college with two dead parents?
Before he dies, Remi decides to stockpile as much money as possible for Kayla' s future. When a chance to participate in a lucrative gun-for-hire scheme arises, Remi, out of desperation, agrees to execute a hit on a shady Philadelphia drug dealer.
This becomes only the first of several murders Remi is hired for, and soon, Remi' s the most sought-after hitman in town— both by his clients and by the police. He leaves investigators little to work with, but ear witnesses identify him by the phrase he recites before each killing: “ Tick tock says the clock, time' s up . . .” With the police catching on to the “ Tick Tock Killer,” Remi has to work quickly to earn enough money for Kayla' s school— all while ensuring he dies with a clean record. Tick tock.
Perfect for fans of Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Myers (Backstory) traces the transformation of an everyman into an assassin in this enthralling Philadelphia-set crime thriller. Auto mechanic and former military man Remi Bone has devoted himself to caring for his adopted teenage daughter, Kayla, after her mother's death. Recently diagnosed with late-stage congestive heart failure, Remi is determined to come up with the hundreds of thousands of dollars required for Kayla to attend the University of Pennsylvania before he dies. An unlikely opportunity comes his way when the police arrest heroin dealer Rolli Castillo, who cooperates with prosecutors seeking to bust up a local Dominican gang. Remi, who killed men during Desert Storm, agrees to assassinate Castillo on the gang's behalf in exchange for a chunk of Kayla's tuition money. Myers wrings pathos and empathy out of Remi's morally murky situation, and fleshes out the plot with vivid supporting characters and palpable emotional stakes between Remi and Kayla. Reed Farrel Coleman fans will enjoy this hard-boiled gem.
