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The new Stevens and Windermere novel from one of the most dazzlingly acclaimed new writers in crime fiction. The billionaire picked a heck of a way to die. On a beautiful Saturday in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, state investigator Kirk Stevens and his occasional colleague FBI special agent Carla Windermere witness the assassination of one of the state’s wealthiest men. The shooter is a young man, utterly unremarkable—except in his eyes. There is something very wrong in his eyes. And it’s only the beginning. The events of that sunny springtime day will lead Stevens and Windermere across the country, down countless blind alleys, and finally to a very flourishing twenty-first-century enterprise: a high-tech murder-for-hire social media website. But just who has the dead-eyed shooter targeted next . . . and who’s choosing his victims? That’s where things get complicated.
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“Someone is selling murder on theInternet, and FBI Special Agent Carla Windermere and Minnesota StateInvestigator Kirk Stevens must stop him. Narrator Edoardo Ballerini rises tothe challenge of portraying a varied cast of characters, starting withWindermere, Stevens, and a series of mentally unstable killers. Additionalcharacters include Stevens’s wife, a killer’s girlfriend, and sundry cops andFBI agents. Whether Southern or Midwestern, white or African-American, male orfemale, Ballerini nails each character and captures the urgency of the manhunt.When he portrays the terrifying visions of assassin Malcolm Lind, Ballerini’svoice becomes smoother to reflect the nightmare world of the killer’s mind.This book is bolstered by Ballerini’s outstanding performance.”
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“Laukkanen’s fast-paced, no-frills style is brisk, blunt, and fueled entirely by adrenaline.”
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“An insightful look at amorality and greed…[Laukkanen’s] fresh storytelling keeps Kill Fee on target.”
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“[Kill Fee is] further proof that Laukkanen is one of the best young thriller writers working today. His pace is relentless, his plots are satisfyingly intricate, and his prose is cut-to-the-bone lean…Perhaps as importantly, his books boast social relevance. Like David Baldacci, a veteran of the thinking man’s thriller genre, Laukkanen understands the value of tying an exhilarating adventure back to the pressing concerns of the real world.”
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“Just two books in [The Professionals and Criminal Enterprise] and Laukkanen is a master at elevating stakes and keeping those prize pages turning. Book number three in the Stevens and Windermere series, Kill Fee, is even better.”
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“Blistering pace and a stomach-turning homicide-for-hire scheme…Laukkanen keeps readers engaged with a serpentine plot that writhes through high-tech and low-life corruption.”
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“Minnesota state cop Kirk Stevens teams up once more with the FBI’s Carla Windermere to put a ruthless murder-for-hire scheme out of business…Pulse-pounding…you won’t put this third installment down unfinished.”
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“Laukkanen creates intense, tough, amoral characters…{with an] adrenaline-like pace.”
— Library Journal
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A March 2014 LibraryReads Pick
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About Owen Laukkanen
Owen Laukkanen’s 2012 debut, The Professionals, earned rave reviews from critics and readers alike. The story of four recent university graduates who turn to kidnapping in a failing job market was hailed by Mystery Scene Magazine as one of the year’s best debuts, while Kirkus Reviews named it one of the top 100 novels of the year. A graduate of the University of British Columbia’s creative writing program, Laukkanen spent three years in the world of professional poker reporting after answering a Craigslist ad before turning to fiction. He currently lives in Vancouver, where he’s hard at work on the third and fourth installments in the Stevens and Windermere series.
About Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini, an American actor, director, film producer, and multiaward–winning narrator. He has won several Audie Awards for best narration, including for 2019’s Best Male Narrator of the Year. He was named by Booklist as winner of their 2023 Voice of Choice Award, and was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, from classics to modern masters, from bestsellers to the inspirational, from Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners to spine-tingling series, and much more. In television and film, he is best known for his roles in A Murder at the End of the World, The Sopranos, 24, I Shot Andy Warhol, Dinner Rush, and Romeo Must Die. He is also trained in theater and continues to do much work on stage.