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From Remington Kane, the author of the TAKEN! Series comes Occupation: Death, a Tanner Novel, Book 12. With Alonso Alvarado dead and the threat to his friends in New York City eliminated, Tanner returns to doing what he alone does best, as he takes a contract on a man who has proven impossible to kill.

Paul Kelly is a good man: a firefighter and paramedic facing death and danger daily. Paul has seen tragedy a thousand times, but it has never been his own. Until now.... A shocking crime. A loved one brutally murdered. Paul's life is suddenly invaded by police, reporters, the harsh glare of spotlights on a family's private sorrow. The killer shows no sorrow, no remorse - a teen sociopath whose dead eyes stare in sullen silence. Paul does not want blood or vengeance. He wants to know why.

After an unexpected event, Tanner finds himself struggling to survive.

Ordnance Inc. attacks when Tanner is most vulnerable, initiating an all-out war that will take everything Tanner has to win.

The consequences of Tanner’s momentous decision make themselves known as an enemy seeks to use a surrogate to destroy him. Meanwhile, members of the law enforcement think tank Blue Truth delve into the century-old mystery of the assassin named Tanner, as they seek to discover if he’s a man or a mere myth.

Tanner seeks to keep his father-in-law alive, after Warren Blake is targeted for death by a powerful client whose case he lost.

Tanner’s latest target, Augustus Greer, has been deemed impossible to kill after numerous attempts on the man’s life ended in death for the assassins out to fulfill the contract. When he’s at last offered the opportunity to kill Greer, Tanner accepts, despite knowing that doing so places his life on the line. Can Tanner succeed where so many others have failed? If so, he’ll need to employ unusual tactics. In the end, Tanner will either have met his match or leave no doubt that he is the ultimate assassin and the best who’s ever lived.

The war for New York City heats up, and Tanner and Joe Pullo find themselves targeted for death.

Tanner goes about eliminating the Tanner clones who have popped up during his absence from New York City. One of them proves to be a tough opponent, and Tanner is shocked when he discovers why. Also, a mysterious new gang has moved into Manhattan with the intention of taking territory away from the Giacconi family. Joe Pullo finds out the hard way that his rivals play rough.

Tanner and Alexa travel to Mexico with an unexpected ally, as they seek revenge against Alonso Alvarado. However, Alvarado, the drug cartel leader, has hundreds of men to protect him. Will Tanner defeat incredible odds once again, or will Alvarado triumph and see Tanner dead?

What should have been a simple hit turns into a struggle to survive and a race against the clock for Tanner.

In the town of Stark, Texas, Tanner faces ghosts from his past as he tries to keep history from repeating itself.

While a storm rages, Tanner faces off with Sara Blake in the small town of Ridge Creek, and neither one will quit until the other is dead.

Tanner and Sammy go on a quest for revenge. "Tanner fired three silenced shots at the punk playing video games and watched him tumble off the side of the bed and onto the floor. The man's two companions were in the living room at the end of the hall. They were oblivious to their friend's death, because one of them was asleep with the aid of whiskey, and the other had his eyes closed while wearing headphones. The man who was asleep died without ever waking...."

Tanner returns to New York City intent on killing Sara Blake and ending her threat, but a new ally convinces both of them to come to terms and to end their conflict. However, not everyone is seeking peace, as German conglomerate boss Bruno Heinz looks to take over Manhattan by wresting control away from the Giacconi family. With Tanner's aid, the war goes well, until an unseen tragedy strikes, and all bets are off.

Tanner makes his way across the country to see an old friend, as he seeks answers about his past. Meanwhile, female assassin Alexa Lucia is searching for Tanner, but is she an ally or an enemy?

Tanner runs into a complication while fulfilling a contract. The complication is a 10-year-old boy named Henry, who saw too much.

More Oddments features 14 more detective stories featuring characters such as Fergus O'Hara and the "Nameless" Detective. The stories included in this collection are: "Fergus O'Hara, Detective", "Chip", "Opportunity", "A Craving for Originality", "One of Those Cases (A "Nameless Detective" Story)", "I Didn't Do It", "Quicker Than the Eye (with Michael Kurland)", "Angel of Mercy", "Connoisseur", "Mrs. Rakubian", "Smuggler's Island", "A Taste of Paradise", "Under the Skin", and "Prose Bowl (with Barry N. Malzberg)".

Jonathan Kendrick's grandmother lives in the upstate New York village of Felicity Grove. And whenever something of a criminal nature occurs, Grandma Anna is right in the thick of it. This time, the senior sleuth needs Jonathan's help to clear an innocent man's name. Zebediah Crummler, the cemetery caretaker, has been arrested for killing a member of the powerful Harnes family.... Because of his childlike nature, Crummler is placed in an asylum, where his inconsistent tales and ramblings prove difficult for Jonathan and Anna to decipher. But they must be careful.

To his neighbors in the sleepy hamlet of Inverness, New Jersey, Lincoln Blackthorne is a tailor. Far from major population centers, highways, airports, or trains, Inverness is just about the last place you’d expect to find an international soldier of fortune and treasure hunter. But that’s exactly what Blackthorne is - one of the best - and he’s about to embark on his most dangerous journey: the quest for a priceless work of art, a deadly magical talisman, an object of dire arcane power.