Killing Eve: No Tomorrow
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4.3 • 9 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Eve and Villanelle plan for a high-stakes showdown in this sophisticated follow-up to the spy thriller that inspired the hit TV series Killing Eve.
"If you want us to remain silent -- if you want to retain your freedom, your job, and your reputation -- you need to tell us everything, and I mean everything. . ."
We last saw Eve and Villanelle in a spy vs. spy race around the world, crossing powerful criminal organizations and dangerous governments, each trying to come out on top. But they aren't finished yet.
In this sequel to Killing Eve: Codename Villanelle, former M16 operativeEve reveals a new side to her strengths, while coming ever closer to a confrontation with Villanelle, the evasive and skilled assassin.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Whether or not you’re a fan of TV’s mordant, campy Killing Eve, we’re pretty sure the Villanelle books on which the show is (loosely) based will suck you in. The second installment in Luke Jennings’ series finds British intelligence agent Eve Polastri still locked in her game of cat-and-mouse-and-inexplicable-chemistry with the killer Villanelle, she of the Hello! magazine approach to assassination. Contrivance piles on top of hilarious contrivance, and the echoes of John le Carré and Ian Fleming can be heard from London to the Austrian Alps. No Tomorrow is preposterous and spoofy fun.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Jennings's pallid second thriller featuring British intelligence agent Eve Polastri and her arch-nemesis, Villanelle (after 2018's Codename Villanelle), lacks the appeal of the BBC America TV series Killing Eve based on the earlier book. Eve once worked for MI5, where she identified a pattern to assassinations committed by a woman who had targeted "prominent figures in politics and organized crime." Her efforts to prevent another murder were blocked by a superior, Dennis Cradle, and led to her dismissal. Eve finds a place with MI6, and tricks the traitorous Cradle into a meeting, where she offers him a deal in exchange for information about those who persuaded him to work for Russian interests. Cradle, with the help of Villanelle, turns the tables on Eve, setting off a predictable cat-and-mouse game. Eve gets on the trail of a shadowy Russian cabal, but the focus, again, is on her love-hate relationship with her rival. Anyone familiar with standard genre tropes, such as the spy's significant other who demands a choice between work and family, will find them in droves. Still, many fans of the TV series will want to check this one out.
