Review: What Turns A Person Into A Hitman?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 30, 2013
The author, Darcia Helle, created a short story to elevate a minor character in her Michael Sykora series to a main character.  Sean Riley is a young man who killed his father and felt no remorse for taking his life. After all he had killed his mother. Years later he remains unremorsefull and has tracked down a serial rapist who killed Michael Sykora's fiance. He witnessed Sykora administer a fatal beating of the rapist, again with no remorse, just a feeling of satisfaction that justice had been served.Sean has been hired in this case to "take care" of a soccer coach that has molested his son. Sean has thoroughly investigated the case and is satisfied that the coach is guilty, but he wants a confession from him. The molester would not confess even after having his fingers broken , and five of his fingernails pulled out. Only the sight of a 5" inch knife and a threat of amputation of his fingers brings out the truth from the coach and when he does admit to his crimes, Sean "takes care" of him as he had been hired to do.NO.  JUSTICE. (A Michael Sykora.Novel Excerpt)Michael Sykora, a hitman, is sitting in his car watching his target finish his golf game. He is being paid $40,000 "to dispose" of the pedophile who raped an 11 year old boy who then commited suicide by hanging himself in the family garage. The police are going to arrest the man tomorrow so the parents of the boy did not want him to game the system as he had done before.Michael watched him walk all the way to the far end of the club parking lot, put his clubs in the trunk of his new Saab and then open the drivers door. A moment later the car vanished in a tremendous explosion as Michael dialed a cell phone"It's done."