Ray Hoy: 3 books

Time’s up. Syndicate boss Carlos Giovanni marks Jack Frost for termination. But this will not be a typical “Full Call” assassination, where the first Syndicate hitman who finds and kills Frost can claim the money and the bragging rights. Instead, Giovanni unleashes just one legendary—nearly mythical—assassin to make the kill.

Jack Frost is not one to turn the other cheek. He and his antisocial Doberman, J.T. Ripper, head for Las Vegas to settle a very personal account with Harry Varchetta, CEO of one of the Las Vegas Strip’s oldest and most famous resorts. But waiting for them in Sin City is James Red Sleeves, a full-blooded Apache Syndicate enforcer, perhaps the most dangerous man Frost has ever faced.

Jack Frost is blessed with a warrior’s mentality and cursed with a conscience and fierce loyalty to friends. J.T. Ripper, Frost’s Scotch-drinking Doberman from hell, does not share his owner’s sense of right and wrong. Ripper was born in a vile mood and hates pretty much everyone and everything....