A hit man is haunted by a preacher’s dying words: “I forgive you.” Bestselling author Sigmund Brouwer called this thriller “fast–paced and thought-provoking.” Crime boss Frank “Fat Cat” Catalano has dreams of building a legacy in Kansas City—but a coalition of local storeowners and clergy have banded together to try to break his stranglehold. Detective Tom Griggs is determined to bring Fat Cat down, no matter what the cost. Even if that cost is neglecting—and losing—his own wife. Hit man Solomon “Solo” Long is a “cleaner” flown in from the coast to make sure the locals get the message from Fat Cat. But when one of his kills goes awry, his whole world comes crashing down. It all adds up to a sizzling page–turner that crackles with wit and unexpected heart—and hits the reader in the gut with a powerful message of forgiveness. *Starred Review* Clergy and storeowners have banded together to force out Kansas City's last crime boss, Frank "Fat Cat" Catalano, and Fat Cat isn't happy. He brings in hit-man Soloman Long, aka Solo, to kill ministers and priests, but one such has the temerity, even as he dies, to forgive Solo. Solo, who had a terrible childhood in a fundamentalist home, falls apart. Meanwhile, Detective Tom Griggs, a likable workaholic who mulls over his cases even as he sits in sessions with his wife and a marriage counselor, closes in on Fat Cat. This sounds like an unlikely story line for Christian fiction, but Kansas City was once a major hub of organized crime, and Well knows his way around the neighborhoods. He also serves up brisk dialogue and interjects references to pop culture into even his most violent scenes. This is Christian fiction, but Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction comes to mind. John Mort Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Paperback, minimal shelf/age wear, Focus: Suspense/thriller about forgiveness