New York: Mysterious Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - Edgar award winning author's fourth novel. Max is the best hit man in the businesm but he wants to retire after this one last job. Jeremiah Donahue, aka the "Jersey desperado" wants t be a hit man, and is given the job of making sure that this will be Max's last job by making him dead. Things get complicated when Donahue accidentally befriends Trueblood. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-892962530.