But those I hunt call me by an Arabic name Al Shabah. And it was many years ago, a different life than the one that was thrust upon me when I was just ten. The son of a mechanic, a real mechanic, unlike me. I was born in a small town in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. By the age of 12, he and his family had been forced to move five different times because of the country’s shattering civil war (1975 to 1990). If you are thinking that is too small of a niche market, and that business is slow, you will be wrong. Sawan was born into a Christian family on the outskirts of Zahle in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. I only kill terrorists, and I never play politics. I don’t kill rapists, serial killers, gangsters, or politicians, even if they deserve it. I pick my targets and only take on the assignment after careful consideration. But I don’t work for any government or agency. I am a freelancer, an independent assassin. They don’t actually do it, but I feel and sense it. In fact, I am the kind of man people would spit on behind his back.

Nobody sits beside me on a crowded bus, or asks to share my table in a busy food court. Without knowing why, perhaps just the scent of death that surrounds me, women pull their young ones closer to them when I walk by.

The story follows “Paul” from his childhood in the Bekaa Valley to adulthood when he is recruited and trained as a killer by both Israel’s Mossad and the CIA. Your Moderators: Donna, Hayes, Randy and Nancy.The Ghost: An Assassin’s Story, is based on the true story of the author’s experiences growing up in Lebanon during that country’s bloody civil war, as well as his time as a counter-terrorist operative. Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the wonderfully varied world that is Mystery, Crime and Thrillers. You can travel into the past to discover great characters like Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Maigret and others journey around the world to other countries and meet Aussie Phryne Fisher, Norwegian Harry Hole and so many others just relax on your couch and experience the wonders of Hercule Poirot, Lord Peter Wimsey, etc or hard-boiled, tired gumshoes like Travis McGee and Kinsey Milhone. This is the meeting place for readers to discuss their favourites and recommend new authors, and the place for budding and established mystery, crime and thriller writers to introduce us to their efforts. Join our intrepid moderators, “DCI” Donna, “Sherlock” Hayes, Nancy “Drew”, and Randy Money as we read and discuss our favourites, recommend new authors and explore the Genre.

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Al Shabah by A.E. Sawan