A dangerous man
By: Charlie Huston
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780345481337
Subjects: Murder for hire; Russian American criminals; Fiction
Description: Reluctant hitman Henry Thompson's life is disintegrating, and his boss, Russian mobster David Dolokhov, isn't happy about it. So Henry is surprised when he's handed a new assignment: keep tabs on a minor league baseball star named Miguel Arenas. When Miguel gets drafted by the Mets and is sent to the Brooklyn Cyclones, Henry must head back to New York, back to the place where all his problems began<U+2013>and where Henry might find a real reason to keep living, a reason that may just cost him his life.