*The new Stevens and Windermere novel from one of the most dazzlingly acclaimed new writers in crime fiction.*
The billionaire picked a heck of a way to die. On a beautiful Saturday in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, state investigator Kirk Stevens and FBI special agent Carla Windermere, witness the assassination of one of the state�s wealthiest men. The shooter is a young man, utterly unremarkable�except for the dead look in his eyes.
And it�s only the beginning. The events of that sunny springtime day will lead Stevens and Windermere across the country, down countless blind alleys, and finally to a very flourishing twenty-first century enterprise: a high-tech murder-for-hire social media website. But just who has the dead-eyed shooter targeted next�and who�s choosing his victims?
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From Booklist
In this third novel featuring African American FBI Agent Carla Windermere and Minnesota State Police Detective Kirk Stevens (Criminal Enterprise, 2013), Laukkanen again displays his talent for creating once-solid citizens who have devised innovative approaches to crime. This time it�s Parkerson, a tech-savvy business executive and sociopath who realizes that if you can order a pizza online, why not murder? So he develops Kill Switch, a web forum for �gun enthusiasts,� and begins taking orders. For hit men, he seeks out veterans traumatized by war experiences. He abducts them, tortures them with �visions� of violence, and makes them dependent on him to save them from the visions. Windermere and Stevens witness one of his hits, and a chase ensues that crisscrosses the country. But the deepening attraction between Windermere and Stevens�she�s a decade younger, a head taller, beautiful, driven, and volatile; he�s happily married, devoted to his family, and stolid�strains credulity. Plot turns repeatedly rely on federal agencies TSA, DoD, and FAA refusing FBI requests for assistance. These caveats aside, Kill Fee is fast-paced fun. --Thomas Gaughan
Review
�[Kill Fee is] further proof that Laukkanen is one of the best young thriller writers working today. His pace is relentless, his plots are satisfyingly intricate and his prose is cut-to-the-bone lean . . . Perhaps as importantly, his books boast social relevance. Like David Baldacci, a veteran of the thinking man�s thriller genre, Laukkanen understands the value of tying an exhilarating adventure back to the pressing concerns of the real world.��Richmond Times-Dispatch
�Just two books in [The Professionals and Criminal Enterprise] and Laukkanen is a master at elevating stakes and keeping those prize pages turning. Book No. 3 in the Stevens & Windermere series, Kill Fee, is even better.� �Sarah Weinman, National Post
�Blistering pace and a stomach-turning homicide-for-hire scheme . . . Laukkanen keeps readers engaged with a serpentine plot that writhes through high-tech and low-life corruption.� �Publishers Weekly
�Pulse-pounding�you won�t put this third Stevens and Windermere installment down unfinished.��Kirkus Reviews