Aleksei Vassilievich Krylov, we want you on our side...

Let's face it, Alex: you were the KGB's top assassin, and they paid you off. Just as we might. A cushy lieutenant-colonelcy in Tokyo; riding

pour le sport,

a yacht, your pick of Eurasian dolls... Like? We can do better in the U.S.A., Alex — come on over, and bring your secrets with you...

That was FACE's pitch to the would-be defector, and it got results. Witness one hell of a nice courier slashed and dumped in a Tokyo alley.

Maybe agent Pete Brook could make jolly Alex's dream come true. Except what did Krylov really long for in America — wine, women and song... or a dramatic return to the murderer's trade?

You’ll find out in Ellery Queen’s GUESS WHO’S COMING TO KILL YOU — a superlative new thriller by the great suspense novelist...