Reprobate
A Katla Novel
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Publisher Description
Assassin Katla breaks her own rules when confronted with an unusual witness...
Blessed with an almost non-existent conscience, freelance assassin and corporate troubleshooter Katla Sieltjes, expert in disguising homicide, regards murder for profit as an intricate and rewarding occupation. Her solitary existence seems more than satisfactory until a blind musician wanders in on her crime scene.
Katla only kills for profit or to protect her anonymity, and Bram Merleyn seems harmless and unable to identify her. By sparing his life, she breaks one of her most important rules—never leave a living witness. A decision Katla might not survive to regret...
Reprobate is the first novel in the Amsterdam Assassin Series.
With authentic details and fast-paced action, featuring an uncompromising heroine and a supporting cast of unusual characters, Reprobate gives a rare glimpse in the local Dutch culture, information on the famous Dutch capital, the narcotics trade, computer hacking, motorcycle gangs, mehndi bridal tattoos, martial arts, the psychology of social engineering, and the brutal effectiveness of disciplined violence.
This e-book now features a glossary.
Customer Reviews
A killer novel!
Katla is a professional killer. She is good at what she does, and her reputation for not leaving loose ends (especially living witnesses) recommends her highly to her clients. She is a classic sociopath in so far that she feels no remorse, shame or guilt towards her victims, and she is able to keep her business completely separated from her personal life.
That is, until the day one of her contracts is interrupted by the intrusion of a blind man. Knowing that he could never formally identify her, Katla breaks her fundamental rule, and allows him to live.
Will this prove to be a mistake? Will the exception to her rule turn out to be her undoing? Or will the blind man have a more profound effect on her life?
Reprobate: A Katla Novel by Martyn V Halm is the first in the Amsterdam Assassin series. Set mostly in and around Amsterdam, Halm portrays a dark world that no tourist would ever want to see. A world where corruption and ambition spread into the upper ranks of the law enforcement agencies, where drug cartels ruthlessly plot to protect their turf, and the authorities are patently incapable of protecting anyone, however innocent or guilty they might be.
With a tremendous eye for detail, Halm leads us through this world, where nothing is quite as it seems, and no one can be completely trusted. And at the centre of it all, the unfathomable but ultimately fascinating character of Katla: one moment charming, the next moment ruthless; a mistress of disguise, diversion and misdirection; an expert in the art of killing.
I wish I’d found the glossary of Dutch, German and Japanese terms before I’d finished the book, but I can’t wait to read the next in the series!