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The Kills

by Richard House (2013)

About this book

"An epic novel of crime and conspiracy told in four books, [beginning] with a man on the run and [ending] with a burned body. [Moves] across continents, characters, and genres and with the intelligence of John le Carre's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and the scope of Roberto Bolaño's 2666"--

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraContemporary
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters

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