Eric Jerome Dickey

International assassin Gideon spilled blood for the first time when he was seven years old, with a single shot to his victim's head. This pivotal event shaped Gideon throughout his life, made him who he is: one of the fiercest, most feared hired guns in the world. And one of the most hunted. After nearly losing his life in Antigua during a mission that went terribly wrong, Gideon trusts no one. But when a former lover, a grifter named Arizona, resurfaces...

When Jordan Greene moves to Manhattan, he learns to keep up with the fast pace of a Wall Street job, a stylish apartment, and a sexy girlfriend. But when he meets Kimberly Charvers, his pulse begins to race. She is funny, feisty, irresisible -- and white.

"All is fair in love and lust in ... [this] tale of two brothers, four women, and the business of desire"--

"Professor Pi Suleman is a black man from Memphis and proud of it. Still, he has to endure a lot as an adjunct professor at the city's prestigious University Along the Nile, a hard-earned career that is crushing his spirit. Pi is constantly forced to bite his tongue in the face of one of his tenured colleague's prejudice and microaggressions. At the same time, he's being blackmailed by a powerful UAN professor who threatens to claim he has assaulted...

"Driver" is an ex-con trying to make his life right but who shares an expensive secret and a past affair with his bosss wife-a woman who is nothing but trouble. Dickeys rich characters jump off the page, making readers feel as if they are present in the hustle-filled pool hall, the bedroom, and the Lincoln Town Car that Driver chauffeurs his wealthy and notorious clients around in.

When his promising future is upended by the recession, former Detroit auto industry employee Dmytryk and his wife, Cora, make a morally ambiguous and ultimately violent deal with a crime boss that forces Dmytryk to reassess his beliefs.

Dickey's fans will be delighted by this fast-paced, deadly, and sensual book that gives them the chance to catch up with some of their favorite characters while introducing a great new bad-boy narrator: a hit man who goes by the name of Gideon.

"A professional job turns personal for jet-setting contract killer Gideon in this sexy, thrilling page-turner by New York Timesbestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey. As a hit man from the time he was very young, money, women, and danger have always ruled Gideon's life; but for the first time, the job is taking its toll. Neither Gideon nor the city of Buenos Aires has recovered from the mayhem caused during Gideon's last job. But before the dust has...