Hard Freeze A Joe Kurtz Novel

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The mob wants Joe Kurtz deadand will stop at nothing in Dan Simmons follow-up to his acclaimed bestseller, HardcaseTheres a bitter wind brewing in Buffalo, New York, and its blowing in more than just snow. Little Skag Farino, the last don of a local crime family wants Joe Kurtz dead and is sending in platoons of hit men, starting with the Attica Three Stooges and working up through more competent killers. Little Skags beautiful sister, Angelina Farino Ferrara, is back from seven years in Sicily and has her own deadly agenda for Kurtz. Meanwhile, Kurtz learns that the 11 years he spent in prison for killing the murderers of his beautiful partner, Samantha, were all for nothing. The man really responsible for Samanthas death is still alive and better protected than the pope. In the midst of all this, Kurtz is approached by a man named Frears who wants him to find his daughters killer. Frears obsession, however, becomes Kurtzs worst nightmare as Hard Freeze hits town with the power of a white-out blizzard and builds to a truly chilling climax. This is a crime novel where trigger fingers freeze to blue steel.