Roses are dead
(Book)

In 1980's Detroit, even Mafia hitmen have troubles. Pete Macklin's wife, after discovering that her husband's efficiency expert job was really that of a hitman, takes steps to divorce him. He is served papers, obtains his boss's attorney [Klieg], and escapes a retaliatory assassination attempt on his way to protect Klieg's niece from a pornographer. A Japanese assassination attempt on him misfires. He is taken to the cleaners by his wife when he is divorced. The hijackers of the Bobolo incident's boss has a killer on his trail and the attempt on his life delays him, causing Klieg's nice to be killed. He learns that the pornographer and his stalker are a team. He tracks them down and terminates their contracts.