The Ax

The multi-award-winning, widely-acclaimed mystery master Donald E. Westlake delivers a masterpiece with this brilliant, laser-sharp tale of the deadly consequences of corporate downsizing.

Burke Devore is a middle-aged manager at a paper company when the cost-cutting ax falls, and he is laid off. Eighteen months later and still unemployed, he puts a new spin on his job search -- with agonizing care, Devore finds the seven men in the surrounding area who could take the job that rightfully should be his, and systematically kills them. Transforming himself from mild-mannered middle manager to ruthless murderer, he discovers skills ne never knew ne had -- and that come to him far too easily.

Author: Donald E. Westlake
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Published: 06/01/1997
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.36w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780892965878

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/21/1997 pg. 64
Library Journal Prepub Alert 02/01/1997 pg. 62
Library Journal 05/01/1997 pg. 142
Booklist 04/15/1997 pg. 1409
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/1997 pg. 753
New York Times 06/29/1997 pg. 17
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1997 pg. 58