The Killing Kind

Anthony Award for Best Novel · 2016 · Winner

Mulholland BooksSeptember 22, 2015mystery-crimeISBN 9780316259378

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Anthony Award for Best Novel	2016	Winner	“Chris Holm's debut Michael Hendricks thriller won the Anthony for its breakneck pacing, moral complexity, and its fresh take on the assassin thriller.”

About This Book

Michael Hendricks is a hitman with a unique specialty: he only kills contract killers. When an assassin targets him, he must hunt the hunter before becoming the victim in this sharp debut thriller.

About the Author

Chris HolmUS

Chris Holm is an American crime fiction author known for the Collector series, featuring an assassin who hunts rogue supernatural targets, and the Michael Hendricks series, featuring a hitman who kills contract killers. He won the Anthony Award for Best Novel for The Killing Kind (2016), the first Michael Hendricks novel. Holm grew up in Maine and studied criminology. Read more →