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OverviewThe basis for KILLING EVE, now a major BBC TV series, starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer SUNDAY TIMES Thriller of the Month In a hotel room in Venice, where she's just completed a routine assassination, Villanelle receives a late-night call. Eve Polastri has discovered that a senior MI5 officer is in the pay of the Twelve, and is about to debrief him. As Eve interrogates her subject, desperately trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle together, Villanelle moves in for the kill. The duel between the two women intensifies, as does their mutual obsession, and when the action moves from the high passes of the Tyrol to the heart of Russia, Eve finally begins to unwrap the enigma of her adversary's true identity. CODENAME VILLANELLE, the first of the KILLING EVE series, is out now! Praise for KILLING EVE TV series 'A dazzling thriller . . . mightily entertaining' Guardian 'Entertaining, clever and darkly comic' New York Times Full Product DetailsAuthor: Luke JenningsPublisher: John Murray Press Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.180kg ISBN: 9781473676589ISBN 10: 1473676584 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 May 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsEnthralling . . . deftly shaped towards an excellent denouement in which both women revolt against their male bosses and the organisations behind them - Sunday Times, Thriller of the Month A memorable protagonist . . . there is an extra sheen of glamour that makes Villanelle more a James Bond than a mere killer * Daily Mail * A short howitzer of a novel . . . The breakneck pace is undeniably addictive but he also displays an offbeat sense of humour . . . Gloriously exciting * Metro * Like Ian Fleming, Jennings is at once tongue-in-cheek and serious . . . His version of 007 is great fun * Sunday Times * Praise for Codename Villanelle * . * Enthralling . . . deftly shaped towards an excellent denouement in which both women revolt against their male bosses and the organisations behind them * Sunday Times, Thriller of the Month * Author InformationLuke Jennings is a London-based author and journalist who has written for the Observer, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and Time. He is the author of Blood Knots, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson and William Hill prizes, and Atlantic. His Villanelle books, of which No Tomorrow is the second, have been adapted for television in a series starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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