Professional Killers

the amateur is a category of professional killer to be avoided at all costs. More often than not, he will already be involved in criminality, probably of a low-level kind

required to get it right, he will make his move, carry out his action and fade into the scenery as quickly as he emerged from it. He will be gone. Job done.

So, only hire the consummate professional. You will not have to do more than brief him, give him his money and wait. Within the time

he is likely to be already known to the police for his other activities. With DNA and the other forensic techniques available these days, one small error, one tiny detail will be enough to bring the law down on him and, eventually, you. And that is the second point – mistakes. The amateur, by his nature, is not going to carry out the action with the cold efficiency of the professional and he is usually caught.

The really good hitman does his homework, making a complete study of his victim, his habits, his friends and associates, the places he goes for a drink or to buy his morning paper. He will follow him for days and sometimes weeks, ascertaining what the victim’s routine is, searching out potential locations for the hit, and, of course, ensuring that there is an escape route to get him away from the scene of the killing as swiftly and as calmly as possible.

As Greenberg fell to the ground, blood oozing from several bullet holes, Tick-Tock was already on his way back to the East Coast, 2,500 miles away.

you would be looking for someone without a vestige of conscience or emotion. He or she kills coolly and calculatedly without stopping to think. It’s just a job, after all. The moment a contract killer stops to consider the implications of a hit, or thinks too hard about his victim, his career is effectively over.