title: Kill the Boss Good-by / Mission for Vengeance
author: Peter Rabe
description: Rabes Gold Medal paperbacks shared the same lurid covers as those of his contemporaries, but his unique plots and richly realized characters set him apart. In Kill the Boss Good-by (1956)surely one of the best of the wonderfully bad titles slapped on his bookscrime-boss Fell loses his grip on his gambling racket during a stay in a sanatorium. As he tries to crush some newfound competition upon his return, its hard to tell whether or not the cure has taken. Is he crazy like a fox? Or just crazy? Mission for Vengeance (1958) features a far less sympathetic psycho. John Miner is about to be happily married when he gets word that the single-minded, sadistic Farret is seeking revenge for a presumed double-cross and tracking their old gang down one at a time. As Miner chases Farret across the country, always one step behind, Farrets grasp on reality starts slipping, though his desire for vengeance never wavers. The emphasis on characters psychology is apt: after Rabe quit writing, he became a respected professor in the field. Great stuff that deserves to be read again. --Keir Graff
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  [Chapter Two  
  
  
    
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  [Chapter Four  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Five  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Six  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Seven  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Eight  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Nine  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Ten  
  
  
    
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  [Chapter Thirteen  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Fourteen  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Fifteen  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Sixteen  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Seventeen  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Eighteen  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Nineteen  
  
  
    
  [Chapter Twenty  
  
  
    
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  [Chapter Twenty-three  
  
  
    
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  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
  # Kill the Boss Goodbye
  
  
  ### Peter Rabe
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
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