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Codename Villanelle

Killing Eve, Book 1

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Codename Villanelle

By: Luke Jennings
Narrated by: Laura Kirman
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She is the perfect assassin.

A Russian orphan, saved from the death penalty for the brutal revenge she took on her gangster father's killers.

Ruthlessly trained. Given a new life. New names, new faces - whichever fits.

Her paymasters call themselves The Twelve. But she knows nothing of them. Konstantin is the man who saved her, and the one she answers to.

She is Villanelle. Without conscience. Without guilt. Without weakness.

Eve Polastri is the woman who hunts her. MI5, until one error of judgment costs her everything.

Then stopping a ruthless assassin becomes more than her job. It becomes personal.©2016 Luke Jennings (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Crime Thrillers Detective Espionage Mystery Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Russia Exciting Scary Crime Assassin
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I loved the book but got a bit annoyed that Russian words were all pronounced incorrectly (I am Russian). Feel like the narrator should have put more effort into checking this out.

great storyline

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I loved the tv series and I loved this as it clarified a lot of issues I hadn’t remembered.
I was taken aback when it ended though....it was much too short to warrant a full credit.

Too short?!

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the narrator was irritating.. There was no need for me to listen to the accents which were awful. if the book was just narrated it would have been far more engaging.

Gripping Story but.....

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I really enjoyed the story, and if you like the TV series, this fills in a lot of the back story and adds real depth to the characters.
Overall, the narrator gives a good performance, but there are a number of instances where it is apparent that she is just reading the words and hasn't actually done any research on what she's talking about. For example, that famous firearms manufacturer Heckler and Coke. She also says aluminiun (with an n) a number of times, is not so good at the male accents, and pronounces 'gauche' as 'gorsh'. It detracted a little from the overall enjoyment for me, as it was a bit grating and distracting.

Good, well written. Narrator is no RC Bray though

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The series is so good I recommend watching killing eve and reading the books love it

Love it

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