Billy Summers, King - B+

               Billy is a hit man, hired to do a job that requires a long wait in rented office space waiting for his mark to enter a courthouse across the street. His cover is that he is a writer, and he decides to give it a whirl. His story is one of Appalachian trailer parks, a foster home and multiple tours in "the suck" with the Marines. His training as a sniper is what provided him with his current career. After he accomplishes his job, his employer doesn't pay. On his way to receive his payment and extract a bit of revenge, Billy helps a young woman, Alice, who has been been drugged, raped and left on the side of a road. They are an unlikely but intriguing pair who build a great and touching friendship.  The book is long and the first third is pretty slow, but one's patience is rewarded.