Mr In-between

Jon Bennet is a hired killer whose devotion to his employer, the man known as the Tattooed Man, is total. His work demands a solitary life, one that suits him until he meets Andy and Cathy. Bennet soon finds that the danger to him comes less from gunfire or fists than from the pull of a friendship he never planned for, and that such a bond cannot go unanswered by a man who expects obedience.

Neil Cross, the British writer later known as the creator of the television series Luther, wrote this crime novel, which examines loyalty, isolation and the cost of caring for someone when you are paid to hurt people.