I didn't know that this was part of a series of a hit man turned father, but it didn't matter. Haas writes so beguilingly and sharply that you can't help but care for the assassin, even as he is beating a man bloody. I loved that his wife was his fence and they were in it together -- there was no bad man with a heart of gold or damsel in distress, only a man whose job happened to be hit man, a wife whose job happened to be fence, and a son who happened to have two kick ass parents. A fun, quick read.