Lawrence Block When Keller gets the call to make a hit on a man in Iowa, hes tempted to pass. So far hes been lucky in his chosen profession, and hes got enough stashed away to retire. Just one more, he thinks. But he quickly finds that this job might not just mark the end of his career - it could be the end of him, period. After three days in a motel room he realises he was never meant to make the hit - he was just supposed to take the fall when a prominent politician was gunned down by someone else. Suddenly hes on the run, all the evidence pointing the cops his way and literally nowhere to go.