KILL ME

It takes an unconventional performer to do justice to this atypical mystery. Dick Hill fits the bill perfectly. After seeing a friend in a coma and watching his brother die of ALS, a millionaire pays big bucks for "death insurance." A mysterious company guarantees to kill the insured quickly and mercifully should he or she contract a disease that will cause suffering. Almost simultaneously, the millionaire learns he has an aneurysm that will soon likely leave him a vegetable; he also learns that he has a son he never knew about-- a reason to stay alive. Hill masters the quirky moments of this thriller with just the right amount of irony and dread. A.L.H. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/ JUL 06]