Showing results for "Assassin" in Women's Fiction

BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HANDMAID'S TALE AND THE TESTAMENTS WINNER OF THE 2000 MAN BOOKER PRIZE 'Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge' Decades after Laura's mysterious demise, her sister Iris recounts her memories of their childhood, and of the dramatic...

Available for the first time as a downloadable audio file. ‘Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.’ Thus begins The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood’s new novel. Laura Chase’s older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist...

Per cucinare gli spaghetti all’Assassina, il piatto più famoso di Bari, ci vuole la padella in ferro nero che si trova solo nella città vecchia. Ed è proprio lì che sorge il ristorante di Colino Stramaglia, inventore della famosa ricetta. Una mattina di primavera, all’apertura del locale...

Nella cittadina di Rosewood, Pennsylvania, tutto sembra perfetto: il sole dell'inverno spande i suoi raggi dorati e il lago luccica come un diamante. Ma spesso questa apparente perfezione nasconde dei segreti... proprio come le quattro ragazze più carine di Rosewood. Hanna, Aria, Spencer ed Emily hanno cominciato a dire bugie da quando sono diventate amiche di Alison DiLaurentis. Ali le ha costrette a fare cose terribili. Eppure, anche dopo che è stata assassinata durante l'ultimo anno di liceo, la loro cattiva condotta non è terminata.

Caryanne Beaumont has no idea how much trouble she is in, and what she doesn’t know could kill her. Two years ago, she and her best friend Travis were set to ship out to Colombia with the Peace Corps, but Caryanne got engaged and stayed home. Travis went on alone, unaware that shortly after he left one devastating event blew up her entire world. Just as she finally put the pieces of her life back in place, trouble returns and her reality is turned inside out.

As the reigning queen of a crime organization, hit woman Celine Devereaux has a constant target on her back. Ruling alongside the boss is what she is made for. But when a new enemy arises, it catches the Devereaux organization off guard, triggering a war that erupts in the streets of Chicago.

Being a member of one of the most powerful families in Canada has afforded Damien Wilson a life of wealth, privilege, fame, and prestige. It has also made him a ruthless killer. When it comes to disposing of anyone who has displeased his family, Damien has never had to think twice...until he sets eyes on Eva. Stunningly beautiful and more kind and caring than anyone in Damien’s world, Eva is meant to pay for her father’s sins, but Damien can’t bring himself to follow through with this mission.

Jolene Moroney never expected to find herself in charge of a whiskey distillery. She also never expected to find herself looking down the barrel of a gun. The death of an uncle she didn't even know she had changed all that. Callum, an ex-assassin for the Scottish government, spent the last few years protecting Jolene's uncle. Now the chiseled bodyguard found himself on the run, going undercover to protect Jolene.