A man known only as Keller is thinking about Samuel Johnson's famous quote that "'patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel'... If you looked at it objectively, he had to admit, then he was probably a scoundrel himself. He didn't feel much like a scoundrel. He felt like your basic New York single guy, living alone, eating out or bringing home takeout, schlepping his wash to the Laundromat, doing the Times crossword with his morning coffee... There were eight million stories in the naked city, most of them not very interesting, and his was one of them. Except that every once in a while he got a phone call from a man in White Plains. And packed a bag and caught a plane and killed somebody.

Contents:

• Answers to Soldier · ss Playboy Jun ’90
• Keller on Horseback · nv Murder Is My Business, ed. Mickey Spillane & Max Allen Collins, Dutton, 1994
• Keller’s Therapy · nv Playboy May ’93
• Dogs Walked, Plants Watered · ss Playboy May ’94
• Keller’s Karma · nv Playboy Feb ’95
• Keller in Shining Armor · ss Playboy Nov ’95
• Keller’s Choice · nv Murder on the Run, The Adams Round Table, Berkley, 1998
• Keller on the Spot · ss Playboy Nov ’97
• Keller’s Last Refuge · nv Playboy Mar ’98
• Keller in Retirement · ss, 1998