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These Guns for Hire

by · 2006

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They have a combined total of 500 million book sales, and have won every possible award in the mystery, thriller, and dark fiction genres. Thirty original hitman stories by today's modern masters. Noir. Wise guys. Sex. Freelance assassins. Humor. Violence. Femme fatales. Amateurs. Horror. Surprise twists. Hardboiled. Get ready for some wet work...

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crimecrimeMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of this
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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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