King summers

It will be a long wait before he can have access to the mark, so he ingratiates himself in the community for six months under the cover of being a writer on a short leash to finish a novel promised to his publisher. Once he decides the $2 million is worth it, he begins planning his moves. As always, his sole criterion for accepting a job is the fact the potential victim must be a very bad guy. Before he can announce his retirement, a job arrives promising a $2 million payment - half a million up front and the balance on completion of the task. His ability to blend in with his surroundings is topped only by his almost Houdini-like disappearance after the job is done. Trained as a sniper by the marines, he has never failed at his job. “Billy Summers” is Stephen King's latest foray into crime noir.