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The Business of Dying tells the story of a crooked cop who is, well, in the business of dying (ie a hitman). He justifies himself by saying he’s only done it a few times, but I get the feeling you’re not supposed to think a lot of the character. Or at least, I sure didn’t.
Anyway, the story revolves around a hit he performs right at the beginning of the book. He blindly trusts the guy who told him to do it and just assumed the people he’s killing are bad guys. The next day he is shocked to find out that OH NO, they weren’t bad guys at all. Or not bad enough anyway.
For a lot of the story, this plot is kinda background storyline, playing second fiddle to the storyline about the case the cop is working on – the murder of a prostitute. This storyline, I found, was MUCH more entertaining that the other one. There were a good few twists and turns and everyone remotely connected to it was pretty interesting, unlike with the “main” storyline which was just your typical bad-guy storyline.
It’s sort of hard to talk much about this book without spoiling it and giving away big parts of the plot. It wasn’t the most enjoyable story I ever read, but it definitely didn’t bore me. If you’re into crime thrillers, check it out.