Portrait in shadows

by John Wainwright

At fifteen, he brags, I was the youngest person to deliberately kill a grown man!' For twenty years, the assassin works his way up a bloody ladder of success - his marks are increasingly prominent public figures. Through the killers own eyes, we see him gaining status in his field of murder for hire. Until he finally selects too lofty a target.From the author praised for the strong authenticity of his crime novels, of which he s written over sixty, comes his newest and most fascinating.The thoughts of a paid killer were never described any better than in this shattering explosive novel.

287 pages, Loose Leaf

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

aka Jack Ripley

John William Wainwright was a rear gunner in World War II, after which he spent twenty years as a policeman in Yorkshire. He wrote eighty crime novels between 1965 and 1992, sometimes under the pseudonym 'Jack Ripley'. He also wrote some short stories (mostly uncollected in book format), 7 radio plays, and an indefinite amount of magazine articles and newspaper columns.

Reviews

[Twyla · Rating 1 out of 5]

So difficult to read. Unpleasant.