Hard Freeze
A Reason to Kill...
Joe Kurtz, former investigator and convicted
felon, is on parole. But his years in Attica for snuffing the mob
killers of his beautiful partner didn't make his old haunts any safer.
Back on the streets, he's already marked by a local Mafia don with
unfinished business.
A Reason to Live...
If watching his back
wasn't enough, Kurtz has been hired by gravely ill John Frears whose
daughter met a grisly fate at the hands of a child-murderer. Frears
wants one thing before he dies: for Kurtz to find the fiend that the
authorities couldn't. But the calculating killer – a master at changing
identities – has a little unfinished business of his own.
A Reason to Die...
Dodging a contract on his head, and tracking a serial killer on the loose, Kurtz is plunging headfirst into the icy waters of revenge – as both victim and private avenger. It's going to be a tough winter in Buffalo for Joe Kurtz – cold enough to freeze the blood.
Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948) is an American science fiction and horror writer. He is the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles, among other works which span the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, sometimes within a single novel.
Joe Kurtz
Joe Kurtz consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.