Somebody Worth Killing
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Meet Nadia Davis, a doting mom and loving wife who has a big secret: she’s actually an assassin. And she really needs a babysitter who shows up on time.
Nadia Davis is living the dream as a successful working mom with a career she loves, two adorable little girls, and a devoted husband who has no idea that she’s secretly a hired assassin and psychopath who kills certified bad guys. So when Nadia finds out she’s been “mommy tracked” by her assassin’s agency and is no longer getting the bigger, more exciting jobs, she demands an important mark…somebody worth killing.
But it turns out that big kill is the last person she expects—her husband. How is the sweet, kind, teller-of-dad jokes she’s promised her life to an evil villain who needs exterminating? Has their whole life together been a lie? Now Nadia must choose between the two things she loves most in life, the career that keeps her sane or the family she thought she knew.
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Payne (Never Trust the Husband) delivers a stale domestic thriller about a contract killer who's assigned to murder her husband. On the surface, Nadia Davis appears to be a self-employed wedding planner in San Antonio, Tex., as well as a devoted wife and mother. In truth, she's a hit woman and self-diagnosed psychopath who takes great pleasure in planning kills, stalking her prey, and ending their lives. Her workplace satisfaction sours when she learns that her handlers have put her on the "mommy track," passing her over for more complex and lucrative jobs in favor of simple murders closer to home. She demands a big hit, and gets more than she bargained for when her next victim is none other than her husband, Brian, a management consultant. She launches an investigation to find out who ordered the hit and why, fearing that Brian may also be leading a double life. Payne's plotting is predictable, Nadia's voice lacks verve, and the momentum is minimal. Not much here feels new or fresh.
