The Ax

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Author(s)\Editor(s): Westlake, Donald E. – – Binding: HARD COVER BOOKSYearMonthDay of Publication: 19970601Standardized Book Category: PsychologicalLanguage: \n \n EnglishPage Count: \n \n 00288Publisher Marketing: \n \n The multi-award-winning, widely-acclaimed mystery master Donald E. Westlake delivers a masterpiece with this brilliant, laser-sharp tale of the deadly consequences of corporate downsizing. Burke Devore is a middle-aged manager at a paper company when the cost-cutting ax falls, and he is laid off. Eighteen months later and still unemployed, he puts a new spin on his job search — with agonizing care, Devore finds the seven men in the surrounding area who could take the job that rightfully should be his, and systematically kills them. Transforming himself from mild-mannered middle manager to ruthless murderer, he discovers skills ne never knew ne had — and that come to him far too easily.