Keller on the Spot

"Keller on the Spot" is the eighth story about Keller, your basic Urban Lonely Guy and wistful assassin for hire. Like most of the its predecessors, it made its first appearance in Playboy, and in due course won the MWA Edgar Allan Poe award as best short story of the year. The life of a hired killer has its rewards, but the opportunity to be a hero is rarely one of them. Here Keller is unquestionably heroic, at least early on... "Keller on the Spot" is one of ten adventures that comprise the first episodic Keller novel, Hit Man.