Let It Kill You

by Andy Rausch

Chino Genetti is about to break one of the first rules of being a don't fall in love with your target. The alcoholic assassin's life changes when he receives the assignment to eliminate beautiful jazz singer Ericka Green. When love clouds his judgement and he forgoes his loyalty to crime boss Cocoa, he ends up a target himself. On the run from assassins, Chino makes a begrudging deal to live in peace, but old wounds and retribution threaten to take away everything he loves. Desperate to protect Ericka, Chino is ready to leave a bloodbath in his wake. But will his trail of vengeance be enough to save her? This book contains graphic violence and is not suitable for readers under the age of 18.

222 pages, Hardcover

Published July 22, 2021

About the author

Andy Rausch is the author or editor of more than fifty books. His nonfiction (as Andrew J. Rausch) includes My Best Friend's Birthday: The Making of a Quentin Tarantino Film, The Cinematic Misadventures of Ed Wood (w/ Charles E, Pratt Jr.), and Perspectives on Stephen King.

His fiction includes Layla's Score, American Trash, and Bloody Sheets. Several of his books have been optioned for film and his work has been translated into French, Spanish, Portugese, and Chinese. He is a web editor at Diabolique magazine and the screenwriter of the film Dahmer vs. Gacy.

He has edited numerous anthologies that have featured the work of such writers as Joe R. Lansdale, Max Allan Collins, Stewart O'Nan, John A. Russo, Richard Chizmar, Peter Leonard, Wrath James White, Stephen Spignesi, Richard Christian Matheson, etc.

Reviews

[Craig Hamann · Rating 5 out of 5]

First off, let me start by saying I'm a big fan of Andy Rausch's work. It's not just a matter of style, though I certainly appreciate his, but it's also the worlds he takes me through as a reader. In this particular gritty book, good and bad get a bit blurred, but right and wrong still very much exist in this world. This is a common theme in much of Rausch's work, which I find exciting and fascinating. As a screenwriter and director, I also find his stories to be somehow cinematic in form, or at least they are to me as I visualize the characters, action and backdrops. Let It Kill You fits this description. It's a tough, get down, hard hitting, ass-kicking story with a surprising amount of heart. Highly recommended.

[Jason Beech · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mad

An off-the-wall hitman action adventure full of crackpot dialogue, outlandish action, a bonkers turn in the plot, and daft villains. Reads like a movie script. Loads of fun, though I want to know what happened to a main character’s shot shoulder.

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best Crime Book I Have Read This Year

I write crime fiction and read lots of it. This is a winner. Dialogue that fires in all cylinders and characters that are tough as hell. Don't miss this one.

[Craig Hamann · Rating 5 out of 5]

First off, let me start by saying I'm a big fan of Andy Rausch's work. It's not just a matter of style, though I certainly appreciate his, but it's also the worlds he takes me through as a reader. In this particular gritty book, good and bad get a bit blurred, but right and wrong still very much exist in this world. This is a common theme in much of Rausch's work, which I find exciting and fascinating. As a screenwriter and director, I also find his stories to be somehow cinematic in form, or at least they are to me as I visualize the characters, action and backdrops. Let It Kill You fits this description. It's a tough, get down, hard hitting, ass-kicking story with a surprising amount of heart. Highly recommended.