Hostile Takeover

Zusatztext “Far grittier than a Bond film and infused with the mind-bending! identity-shifting elements of! say! “Mission: Impossible!’’ “Hostile Takeover’’ is fun! smart and jam-packed with serious splatter and gore. Lago’s canny shenanigans will keep you riveted! from its taut opening pages to its explosive! cinematic ending.”— Boston Globe Informationen zum Autor Shane Kuhn is a writer! director! and producer with twenty years of experience working in feature films! documentaries! and advertising. He is a cofounder and executive board member of the Slamdance Film Festival! and a member of the Writer’s Guild of America. He lives in Colorado and works as Vice President of Creative Services for a San Francisco-based media and special events company. He is the author of The Asset ! The Intern’s Handbook ! bought for film by Sony Pictures! and Hostile Takeover ! the second book in his John Lago intern-assassin thriller series. Klappentext Professional assassin John Lago faces off against his deadliest adversary yet-his wife-in HOSTILE TAKEOVER! theexciting sequel to Shane Kuhn's bestselling debut The Intern's Handbook! which the New York Post called "asexy! darkly comic thriller.". Zusammenfassung Professional assassin John Lago faces off against his deadliest adversary yet—his wife—in Hostile Takeover ! the exciting sequel to Shane Kuhn’s bestselling debut The Intern’s Handbook ! which the New York Post called “a sexy! darkly comic thriller.” At the end of The Intern’s Handbook ! John tracks down his nemesis Alice but instead of putting a bullet in her head! he puts a ring on her finger and marries her. Together! they execute a hostile takeover of Human Resources! Inc.! the “placement agency” that trains young assassins to infiltrate corporations disguised as interns and knock off high profile targets. As HR’s former top operatives! they are successful until conflicting management styles cause an ugly breakup that locks John out of the bedroom and the boardroom. But when Alice takes on a new HR target! John is forced to return to the office battlefield in a role he swore he would never play again: the intern. What starts out as a deadly showdown turns into the two of them fighting side by side to save HR! Inc.—and their marriage. “Those who like Dexter will love John Lago” ( Booklist )! and in Shane Kuhn’s sequel to The Intern’s Handbook ! readers will be rooting for this smart! witty antihero to come out on top. ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Shane Kuhn
• Verlag: Scribner USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9781476796185
• ISBN: 978-1-4767-9618-5
• Abmessung: 160 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Serien: A John Lago Thriller; John Lago; John Lago
• Thema: Belletristik > Spannung