Kill Zone (Peter Macklin, The Nine-to-Five Killer, Book 1) [Paperback]

Loren D. Estleman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: John Curley & Associates, Inc (December 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792710282
• ISBN-13: 978-0792710288
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,465,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Since the appearance of his first novel in 1976, Loren D. Estleman has written more than 65 books and hundreds of short stories and articles. Alone (Dec 2009, Forge Books) is the second in a new series about L.A. film detective Valentino, and features Greta Garbo.

To kick off the new decade, Estleman's The Book of Murdock (eighth in the U.S. Deputy Marshal Page Murdock series) will appear in March and, to celebrate the 30 year anniversary of Private Detective Amos Walker, The Left-Handed Dollar will publish in December. It's the 20th novel in the award-winning series.

An authority on both criminal history and the American West, Estleman has been called the most critically acclaimed author of his generation. He has been nominated for the National Book Award and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award.

He has received seventeen national writing awards: four Shamuses from the Private Eye Writers of America, five Spurs from the Western Writers of America, two American Mystery Awards from Mystery Scene Magazine, two Outstanding Mystery Writer of the Year awards from Popular Fiction Monthly, two Stirrup Awards for outstanding articles in the Western Writers of America magazine, The Roundup, and three Western Heritage Awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. In 1987, the Michigan Foundation of the Arts presented him with its award for literature. In 1997, the Michigan Library Association named him the recipient of the Michigan Author's Award. In 2007, Nicotine Kiss was named a Notable Book by the Library of Michigan.

Estleman graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Journalism. On April 27, 2002, EMU presented him with an honorary doctorate in letters. He left the job market in 1980 to write full time. He lives in Michigan and is married to writer Deborah Morgan. For more information, please visit his website: www.lorenestleman.com

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars kill zone, May 29, 2004

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bernard haines (philadelphia,pa.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kill Zone (Peter Macklin, The Nine-to-Five Killer, Book 1) (Hardcover)

this is the first of the Peter Macklin suspense series[roses are dead, anyman's death]and it starts the beginnings of Macklin's troubles. Charles Maggiori acting head of the 1980's Detoit mob assigns Macklin to a hit which is sucessful but cannot control Macklin so hires another hitman to kill him. The Bobolo cruise liner is Hijacked on Lake Erie with 800 passengers held hostage by eight Terrorists who want 10 criminals released from The Downriver prison or they will blow the cruise ship which has been rigged. Michael Boniface imprisoned head of the Detroit mob makes a deal with the F.B.I. which shortened his sentence to let Macklin handle the terrorists. His wife discovers that he is a mafia hitman[he had her thinking that he was an efficiency expert]so makes plans of her own. He prepares to go after the terrorists and has to fend off the hitman assigned to kill him, upon disposing of the hitman he moves on to handle the terorists. He gets to one of the terrorist who also was a boniface hitman and paid him more than terrorists did,andgot his assistance in turning the tables. This novel should be a movie the writing is smooth,clear,entertaining,and credible.a must for any real suspense reader.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a case of false advertising, October 7, 2003

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David Group (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kill Zone (Peter Macklin, The Nine-to-Five Killer, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

Based on the cover synopsis ("He's a loner, a hit man. Up against a group of terrorists bent on destroying a pleasure boat-- and its eight hundred passengers."), I was expecting an Alistair MacLean or DIE HARD kind of thriller. Instead, I got an old school type crime novel that was popular up until the '70s; you know, the kind where the main character gets knocked around a lot, but not so bad that it can't be cured by a hot shower, an Ace bandage, and a slug of whiskey. The terrorists are more of the home-grown Symbionese Liberation Army type, and the hit man doesn't even tangle with them until the last forty pages, or one-sixth, of the novel. Not bad of its type, but not what I expected.

5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual hit man thriller. Zounds!, January 7, 2012

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Watson McFestus "Watson McFestus" (Irving Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kill Zone (Peter Macklin, The Nine-to-Five Killer, Book 1) (Paperback)

Action packed, thoughtful, humorous, well written, engaging Detroit crime novel. Suspected mob hitman Peter Macklin is recruited to sneak on board a Great Lakes cruise ship and stop a hippie type terrorist group from committing mayhem. What's not to like?