(pb; 1982: first book in the Butcher’s Boy series)
From the back cover
“How good is a hit man who blows his big hit? As good as dead.
“How good is the woman assigned to catch him before his killers can? As good as her next move.
“How good is The Butcher’s Boy? As good as they come.”
Review
Boy is a great hybrid crime thriller and police procedural, an edgy, blunt, and often action-punctuated genre novel, one that recalls the works of Richard Stark (particularly his twenty-four-book Parker series) and some of the tighter, terser works of William P. McGivern. Boy is a stunning start to what promises to be a standout series. Followed by Sleeping Dogs.
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