Keith Bruton - The Lemon Man - Keith Bruton

TASKS:
1. Buy Food. 2. Visit Ma. 3. Kill Henry O'Neil

The Lemon Man is Patrick Callen, a bicycle-riding hitman with mild O.C.D. in Dublin, Ireland whose carefully ordered life is totally upended when he becomes the accidental caretaker of a baby boy. Now he's got to balance his daily to-do list of errands and murders-for-hire with his unexpected domesticity, which impacts him and his work in ways he never expected.and that could get him killed.

Praise for THE LEMON MAN:

A Deadly Pleasures Magazine Top 10 Paperback of 2022: "If you are a fan of quirky characters, you will love THE LEMON MAN. A very funny & enjoyable read & an accomplished debut novel." "Keith Bruton's passion for his hometown of Dublin and for crime fiction shines like a beacon in hiis glorious debut novel ... bringing to mind some of Donald E. Westlake's vintage efforts. His quiet, domestic set pieces are as rewarding, and as exciting in some ways, as his riveting action scenes." Mystery Scene Magazine
"What fun. Bruton's darkly funny Irish noir sparkles. If a hitman and a baby aren't the best pitch in ages, then I don't know what is." Linwood Barclay, New York Times bestselling author
"Distinctive and captivating, The Lemon Man 's unique blend of action, humor, and intrigue make it a book you won't want to miss." Andrew Grant (aka Andrew Child), New York Times bestselling co-author of the Reacher series.
"A fine crime novel: at one moment offbeat, with a darkly funny Irish lilt, and the next moment hard and uncompromising." Garry Disher, three time Ned Kelly Award winning author of the Wyatt series. "Caring for an infant while working as a hired killer is not a good mix. The result is a fast-paced crime novel that is both hilarious & hardboiled, its main character both ruthless and oddly sympathetic." ABC News
"A fast-paced and gripping crime novel with a cynical and humorous perspective on modern day Dublin... and an oddly sympathetic but disturbing protagonist, a hired assassin, who turns out to be a living, breathing, shopping, cycling psychopath, a male Villanelle (Killing Eve)." Anthony J. Quinn, author of the Inspector Celcius Daly series.

"Featuring a hitman with heart — not to mention a bike, a man bun, and a baby he found on the job — The Lemon Man is wildly entertaining. With its cast of eccentric characters, richly-drawn Dublin setting, and breakneck pacing, this is a novel you won't soon forget." Tessa Wegert, author of Dead Wind .