The Lemon Man by Keith Bruton

Brash Books has just offered this up to their priority readers. Fresh off the digital presses of the future, so fresh, I had to create a listing for it. All to let you, dear readers, know about this fun new thriller.
The Lemon Man is a hired gun, a paid assassin, a professional killer who biked around Dublin in his slippers and takes people out. So long as they are over 18, that is, he does have his standards.
The Lemon Man has his life all worked out, from his low key living to his fancy apartment rental to his prostitute girlfriend.
And then, he gets a baby. Specifically, he kills the baby’s dad and then finds it that he can’t just leave an eleven-month-old baby behind in dirty nappies. And just like that, he’s well on the way to an instant family.
Suddenly, everyone’s his paternal instincts and his gf’s maternal instincts kick in and this proceeds to change all the preset and comfortable dynamics of his life. He’s screwing up at work and his life has never been busier or more complicated. Time to get a puppy…ok, he gets one of those two from another botched job.
Is this killer a lemon? Or can he make lemonade out of all that life’s handing him? Did I just mix and match metaphors? You bet your plump asscheeks I did.
Anyway, this book ended up being loads of fun. Very charming, and not just due to its Dublin location, though it undeniably helped. So much so that in an uncharacteristic display of generosity I'm rounding up my rating.
Brash tends to specialize in dusting off and reprinting gems of the past, but this book is pretty modern. All the technology is there, so if exactly now than at least fairly recent past.
At any rate, fun was had. The book’s plenty entertaining and might be gearing up to a sequel, too. For people who like their murders on a humorous side and their killers with a comedic bone. Recommended. Thanks Brash Books.