title: The Executioner's Game
author:  Gary Hardwick 
description: Hardwick, a veteran film and television producer, screenwriter and director who also writes books (<i>Color of Justice</i>), has a moderately interesting story to tell in this political thriller about an African-American assassin working for an elite government intelligence agency with ties to the CIA. But despite his publisher's attempts to promote him as the black Elmore Leonard, Hardwick's prose isn't really up to the job, making even the more exciting scenes hard going. What he does share with Leonard is the ability to quickly capture the hard edge of Detroit street and crime life, as his lead character Luther Green uses what he learned growing up in that Michigan city to track down the man who hired and mentored him. Alex Deavers is now suspected of killing a U.S. senator on a fact-finding trip to AIDS-ravaged Africa, and the head of Luther's agency wants him dead. Despite his doubts about his friend's guilt, Green follows orders and sets off after Deavers. Few readers will be surprised to discover that they soon share these doubts, which increase with every twist of Hardwick's plot. A rewriteor some better editingcould have made this a winner. <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  COLD MEDINA
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  GARY HARDWICK
  
  
    
  
  
  Gary Hardwick Copyright © Gary Hardwick, 1996 All rights
  
  
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  Published by HardBooks
  
  
  Publishing at Smashwords
  
  
    
  
  
  ISBN 978-0-9724804-4-4
  
  
    
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters,
  
  
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  ALSO BY GARY HARDWICK
  
  
    
  
  
  DOUBLE DEAD
  
  
    
  
  
  SUPREME JUSTICE
  
  
    
  
  
  COLOR OF JUSTICE
  
  
    
  
  
  EXECUTIONER’S GAME
  
  
    
  
  
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