The Kansas Cross-up

by Walter Rice

Harry Hall kills people for a paycheck. He did it for the government, and now he does civilian contracts for a wealthy Hollywood film investor. When Hall is sent to his home state of Kansas, the job looks fairly ordinary. But when the target is revealed, he rebels. This is one hit he can’t possibly make. He’s confused and angry and sets out to find the truth and make his own justice. Then suddenly he realizes he’s been crossed up—he’s not the only hit man in town. Besides saving his own skin, Hall is forced to decide between a woman in LA he wants to love and a woman in Kansas he could love again.

130 pages, Paperback

First published August 6, 2014

About the author

Walter Rice is the author of the mystery novels "The Last Prisoner", "Holes in My Armor" and "Smarty Havarti" and the suspense novellas "Dig" and "The Kansas Cross-up." He has also authored "Slapdown," a Kindle Worlds science fiction novella in the Kurt Vonnegut orbit. Writing as Linda Walters, he and his wife co-authored two published novels of romantic suspense, "Dragon's Eye," and "Dead Reckoning." He is a former newspaper editor and reporter in the Pacific Northwest, working most recently as a systems editor at the late Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He lives near Seattle with his wife and pets. He also paints, often digitally, and plays the piano and writes music. Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/author/walterrice

Reviews

[Gerard Fleck · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this fast-reading mystery-crime novel you ride shotgun with a hit man who works his way through one unexpected plot twist after another. Walter Rice, the author, drives the story forward quickly and convincingly with vivid scenes and memorable characters. From beginning to end I felt I was in the hands of a competent author who was confidently working his craft, all the while keeping me guessing, making me laugh, and showing the inner lives of real people who live in both small Kansas towns and Hollywood's glitzy hills.