The Lemon Man by Keith Bruton

Caring for an infant while working as a hired killer is not a good mix. The result is a fast-paced crime novel that is both hilarious & hardboiled, its main character both ruthless and oddly sympathetic.

ABC News

A fine crime novel: at one moment offbeat, with a darkly funny Irish lilt, and the next moment hard and uncompromising.

Garry Disher, three time Ned Kelly Award winning author of the Wyatt series.

The well-ordered life of Dublin hit man Patrick Callen is turned upside-down when he impulsively takes custody of the 11-month-old infant son of his most recent victim. The humor and drama will delight readers. Sparkling prose, a well-realized setting, and appealing characters make this offbeat crime novel a winner. Bruton is definitely an author to watch.

Publishers Weekly

'What fun. Bruton’s darkly funny Irish noir sparkles. If a hitman and a baby aren’t the best pitch in ages, then I don’t know what is.

Linwood Barclay, New York Times bestselling author

Keith Bruton's passion for his hometown of Dublin and for crime fiction shines like a beacon in hiis glorious debut novel ... bringing to mind some of Donald E. Westlake's vintage efforts. His quiet, domestic set pieces are as rewarding, and as exciting in some ways, as his riveting action scenes.

Mystery Scene Magazine

A fast-paced and gripping crime novel with a cynical and humorous perspective on modern day Dublin... and an oddly sympathetic but disturbing protagonist, a hired assassin, who turns out to be a living, breathing, shopping, cycling psychopath, a male Villanelle (Killing Eve).

Anthony J. Quinn, author of the Inspector Celcius Daly series.

Distinctive and captivating, The Lemon Man’s unique blend of action, humor, and intrigue make it a book you won’t want to miss.

Andrew Grant (aka Andrew Child), New York Times bestselling author

Featuring a hitman with heart — not to mention a bike, a man bun, and a baby he found on the job — The Lemon Man is wildly entertaining. With its cast of eccentric characters, richly-drawn Dublin setting, and breakneck pacing, this is a novel you won’t soon forget.

Tessa Wegert, author of Dead Wind

The Lemon Man is a quirky, original novel about a hit man in Dublin who travels to his hits by bicycle, adopts the baby of a man he killed, and falls in love with his call girl. Highly entertaining!

Matt Witten, author of Killer Story, writer/producer of House, Law & Order, and CSI: Miami.