Découvrez l'histoire avant l'histoire d' Unstagiaire presque parfait (à paraître chez 10/18 le 5 mars 2015)
La première mission de John Lago, le héros stagiaire-tueur à gages cruel et attachant d'
Un Stagiaire presque parfait de Shane Kuhn.
Meet John Lago: hitman, film fan, dangerously in love.
The object of his affection is Alice, who also happens to be John's nemesis, a fellow killer, and now the wife he never knew he wanted. Together, this thrill-seeking, lethal couple aim to take over John's former employers Human Resources Inc - a group of assassins who get close to their high-profile targets in the guise of office interns.
But an anonymous tip about an FBI mole in the organization drives a wedge between the happy couple and all hell breaks loose in a hail of bullets.
Til death do us part.
Published in the US as Hostile Takeover.
In the dream, Belle was always the same age as when she died...
Fourteen years ago, the final words Kennedy ever spoke to his sister were in anger. That day was September 11th 2001, and Belle died when her plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
Since then, Kennedy has dedicated his life to airline security. He knows more about planes than the airport authority, a fact which doesn't go unnoticed by the CIA. After kidnapping him, Kennedy is inducted by the Agency into a programme called Red Carpet.
Now Kennedy is a civilian asset, an ordinary man working with extraordinary people to stop the world collapsing around him, just as it did for his sister so many years before.
If you're reading this, you're a new employee at Human Resources, Inc.
Congratulations. And condolences. At the very least, you're embarking on a career that you will never be able to describe as dull. You'll go to interesting places. You'll meet unique and stimulating people from all walks of life. And kill them. You will make a lot of money, but that will mean nothing to you after the first job.
Assassination, no matter how easy it looks in the movies, is the most difficult, stressful, and lonely profession on the planet.
Even when you're disguised as an intern.
John Lago is a hitman. He has some rules for you. And he's about to break every single one.
Published in the US as The Intern's Handbook
Bienvenue dans le monde des ressources inhumaines !
Le stagiaire se caractérise par son insignifiance. On lui demande d'être corvéable à merci, mais pour le reste personne ne lui prête attention. Passant facilement inaperçu, le stagiaire est ainsi un parfait assassin en puissance. C'est la raison pour laquelle, depuis une dizaine d'années, John Iago enchaîne les stages en entreprise afin d'éliminer les cibles qu'on lui assigne : quelle meilleure couverture, en effet, pour un tueur à gage ? Ainsi vient-il tout juste de rejoindre l'un des plus grands cabinets d'avocats new-yorkais avec pour mission d'assassiner un des associés. À ses heures perdues, John a décidé d'écrire un Manuel de survie à l'attention des jeunes stagiaires, illustré d'exemples tirés de sa propre expérience. Ce qui lui permet de donner quelques précieux conseils aux nouvelles recrues de Human Resources, Inc, la mystérieuse organisation qui l'emploie, spécialisée dans l'entraînement et le placement des " stagiaires ". Le problème, c'est que John n'est plus au top de sa forme. À chacun des trente-quatre meurtres qu'il a commis, quelque chose est mort en lui. Et, alors que l'heure de se retirer du jeu a sonné, la mission qu'on lui a confiéé va s'avérer la plus dangereuse et la plus inattendue de sa carrière et faire voler en éclat toutes ses certitudes, tant professionnelles que personnelles. Entre American Psycho et Un employé modèle, Guide de survie en milieu hostile nous fait pénétrer dans l'esprit d'un tueur particulièrement attachant qui, à son grand désespoir, devient de plus en plus humain à mesure que ses chances de survie diminuent. À la fois drôle, cruel et grinçant, ce premier roman impose d'emblée Shane Kuhn comme l'un des auteurs de thriller les plus inventifs de la scène littéraire.
Wanted: Discerning reader with an open mind and an appetite for destruction.
John Lago is an intern. But that's just a cover - his real job is to kill people. The problem is, he's still very much learning. Tasked with taking out a corrupt movie boss, John heads to Hollywood for a mission that will see him fall in love (briefly), work his way to the top (again, briefly), and find out what it takes to make heads roll in Tinsel Town.
Discover the filthy gorgeous world of KILL YOUR BOSS in this raucous short story prequel. No previous experience required.
