Guess Who's Coming to Kill You Author:Ellery Queen Aleksei Vassilievich Krylov, we want you on our side... — Let's face it, Alex: you were the KGB's top assassin, and they paid you off. Just as we might. A cushy lieutenant-colonelcy in Tokyo; riding pour le sport, a yacht, your pick of Eurasin dolls...Like? We can do you better in the USA, Alex - come on over, and bring your secrets with you..... more ».
That was FACE's pitch to the would-be defector, and it got results. Witness one hell of a nice courier slashed and dumped in a Tokyo alley.
Maybe agent Pete Brook could make jolly Alex's dream come true. Except what dis Krylov really long for in America - wine, women and song...or a dramatic return to the murderer's trade?« less