Buffalo Jump by Howard Shrier

When hit man Dante Ryan is ordered to wipe out a Toronto family, including a five-year-old boy, he cant bring himself to do it. Not with a son of his own that age. So he turns to private investigator Jonah Geller for help. Why Geller? Hes not your typical private eye. He was never a cop and doesnt drink to excess. Hes a secular Jew in Toronto whose mother wishes he was more like his older brother the lawyer. But Jonah has a tough side too. He wants to make the world a better place and doesnt mind raising a cloud of dust to do it. Ryan thinks hes the right man for the job in Buffalo Jump. Find out whether hes right — how these two get along on a wild ride over the river -- and why critics hailed this book as the start of something great.