It doesn't end there though. Lily is being shadowed by Joe Riley, a former Chicago cop whose reputation was sullied when he fell under suspicion for a murder that Lily committed in the Windy City. Joe has his problems, too, because he won a good chunk of money in a poker game from a couple of poor losers, and now they'd like to kill him.

Seems like this book is filled with people who are all determined to kill one another, and most of them succeed. Sometimes it's hard to keep up with the body count. In the end, there are only a couple of survivors, and most of them have a bullet hole or two in them. Probably the strangest twist to the story is the tenuous bond of affection that develops between Joe Riley and Lily Marsden. It's almost a love story.

If author Steve Brewer's intent is to entertain, he does an outstanding job of it. There is certainly no lag in the action in this book. The dialog is clever, and the characters are somewhat predictable, but a lot of fun. It's a tongue in cheek look at murder for hire and an engaging read. It certainly earned my vote.