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I'm pretty sure it's a short story, not a full novel. There's a man who needs a job. It's a specialized position with only 3-4 other people who are qualified in his region, so he kills them so that he will be the only candidate. I believe he had previously met them at a convention for whatever industry he works in. I also can't remember if we know all along if he's the one doing the killing, or if he just hears about the deaths throughout the story and then it's revealed at the end that he was the one doing it.