The Thrill List by Catherine Lea

Author:Catherine Lea
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brakelight Press
Published: 2016-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

At six o’clock the next morning, Malkin sat at the desk of his hotel room, his notebook computer and handwritten notes from his meeting with Bornstein in front of him. The hotelone in a chain of economy lodgingswas depressing. Spartan furnishings, drab décor, and a second-floor view of the parking lot. He could certainly afford something with more creature comfortsand, in any case, the client was picking up all of his expensesbut he wasn’t here to enjoy himself. He was here to work. And when he was working, he kept a low profile and avoided ostentation.

The business of making enemies was easier than Malkin had thought when he’d first formed his little venture. While the incidences of murder abound, when it comes to motive, it’s usually one of a very few. The specifics of the motivation may change from case to case, but distilled down to basics, people kill primarily because of money, jealousy, pride, or revenge. And there were plenty of people who were willing to kill for those reasons. Who could be manipulated into killing for those reasons.

Malkin had been in the business for quite some time, and over the years the manipulation became easier. His success rate was extremely high, but there had been a handful of failures. Twice, he had failed to make the necessary enemy. One of those times, the targeta woman who had gotten cold feet just days before she was to marry Malkin’s clienthad been so inexplicably clean that Malkin could find no weakness he could exploit, no characteristic or trait that would cause anyoneother than the jilted and angered clientto wish her harm. The otherin which a client had sought to accelerate her receipt of her husband’s life insurance benefits by doing away with himthe husband was a local manager at a national pest control service with hiring and firing authority over a team of field personnel. Malkin’s investigation revealed that one of the employees was an ex-con with an explosive temper and little self-control, and Malkin had engineered circumstances that resulted in the employee’s discharge by the client’s husband. Although this unjustified dismissal should have been enough to throw the employee into a vengeful rage against his former boss, Malkin had overestimated the man’s proclivity to violence. After a rage-filled confrontation at the corporate office, the now-former worker had been content just to collect unemployment benefits without further ado.

On another occasion, the proper, capable, and willing enemy had been made, but there had been collateral damage. The client and target had been close friendsuntil the client had discovered his friend’s affair with his wife. Despite Malkin’s warnings to stay clear of his friend once things had been set in motion, the client failed to do so and was killed along with his friend when the car in which they were traveling was forced off the road by the new enemy Malkin had found for the target. This had proven unfortunate for Malkin, in more ways than one. He’d had a nasty

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