Billy Summers by Stephen King

Most of you know I love horror and Stephen King.  So of course I bought this off Amazon.

The author is listed as Stephen King, but this was more John Grisham than anything else!

This is a mob/mafia crime drama whodunit. I kept waiting for something supernatural, occult, or anything that would make it a King thriller.  

Remember my review of The Eyes of the Dragon?  That King's fans hated the fantasy so much he wrote Misery as a response?  That's how I felt!

Now, this wasn't bad.  It was actually a good book if mafia crime/ordered hits are your thing.  It's just not what I expected.  Billy Summers is a former marine who now works as a hired sniper hitman.  He's very good, excellent.  But now he wants to retire.  He befriends a young woman after she is sexually assaulted, and the two form an unlikely bond trying to solve who set Billy up on his last job.  

Definitely not what I was looking to read in choosing this book, but a worthwhile read.

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