Cold Kill
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
An American actress arrives in London to find herself the target of a ruthless assassin in this compelling standalone thriller.
Actress Adelaide Banks is swapping her native New York for London to spend Christmas with her widowed Aunt Rose. Rose wrote in her note that she was off to Paris for a few days and would be back in time for Addy’s arrival. But when Addy reaches Rose’s Knightsbridge address, no one’s home, and she has two unexpected callers . . .
Where is Rose, and what has she got herself entangled in? Dragged into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse on the snowy streets of London, Addy finds herself navigating a dark underworld of ruthless assassins, rogue agents and international crime. Can she survive long enough to uncover the truth?
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This standalone from Airth (the John Madden series) offers an uninspired variation on a familiar thriller theme the innocent caught up in intrigue and violence. The opening, set in Paris, is promising enough, as an assassin who once worked for the CIA, known as Charon for his trademark of leaving a coin between the lips of his victims, strikes again. This moody section leaves readers wondering who Charon works for and exactly what's going on. That suspense soon dissipates as the focus shifts to American actress Addy Banks, who's headed from New York to London to visit her Aunt Rose. Though Rose's letter inviting Addy promised that she would be back from Paris by the time of her niece's arrival, Rose is nowhere to be found. Addy's quest to find Rose leads to murder and the search for a dull MacGuffin, a memory stick of great interest to the Russian government. Genre followers will find nothing they haven't already encountered. Fans of this talented writer will hope for more Madden.
