Johnny Reece is a major league pitcher who has always had a talent for striking people out. Teams fell over themselves trying to recruit the young man with the menacing fastball. But baseball isn't his only talent. He's also a major league hit man-a contract killer who likes his work. Reece does more than strike opponents out, he eliminates them altogether.

Jack Kane is a retired New York City detective who travels to Pittsburgh in search of the killer of one of his long-time informant friends. Kane is in his mid-forties and a talented man in his own right. He left the NYPD and tried other things, but eventually he returned to what he did best-catching bad guys. When it comes to murder investigations, Jack Kane is a big leaguer too.

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