Longlisted for the CWA Ian ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2024
A double life with a single purpose getting away with murder. Cilla is a 22-year-old contract killer, specialising in the dry job: a murder interpreted as death by natural causes. Her main client, Vladimir Haugr, is the owner of TGR s bridge club in London. In return for a flat, a retainer and expenses, Cilla does five jobs a year. She occasionally works freelance. Neither strong, nor beautiful, she isn t your typical female protagonist. In fact, she is so unremarkable as to render her almost invisible, an advantage in her line of work. She has survived because she is clever, stubborn and lucky. But Cilla knows that, statistically, her luck is about to run out. She must find a way to reinvent herself. Soon. She also knows that she is invaluable to Vladimir Haugr, and that he will never let her go. Will Cilla be able to reinvent herself? And if so, at what cost?
Publisher: Muswell Press
ISBN: 9781739471620
Number of pages: 278
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
‘A sleek, smart, needling ripper of a thriller…an utterly seductive flip on the femme fatale who will leave you breathless’ Margot Douaihy. ‘A brilliantly clever excursion into the mind of a contract killer…Amazing’ Celia Anderson. Villanelle meets Orphan X in this incredibly well researched and written debut…Simply brilliant’ Graham Bartlett
Cilla has a knack and a taste for killing people, but she doesn’t use guns and bullets, she kills them in such a way that it looks like they died of natural causes.
She’s a hired hit woman and for a price she will...
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Overall, a pretty successful audiobook which was, for me anyway, mostly down to the narrator who was excellent and really brought the characters to life.
The book is told entirely from Cilla's point of view and...
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I really loved "Killing Eve" and its female assassin and anti hero Villanelle, and for me it has set a very high bar for any other similar story. While this was obviously different, and a good writing style,... More
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