'Armstrong's expert plotting never falters, and she's able to keep ramping up the intensity throughout more than 500 pages-no easy feat-making this a top-notch entertainment sure to seduce fans of tough heroines.' - Publishers Weekly

'A taut, sensual thriller that grips from the first page ... sublime' - Karin Slaughter

A brand new series - non-supernatural - involving a female assassin.

Nadia Stafford is an ex-cop - fired after she shot a child killer. She now works for one small mafia family: the way she sees it, no one innocent is getting hurt.

But then a serial killer starts murdering innocent people in the style of a hitman. The police investigation threatens to unmask several professional hitmen, including Nadia. So she bands together with five other hitmen, including her mentor, the mysterious Jack. Together they decide to hunt down the killer - but perhaps that's just what he wants. Are they walking into a devious and brilliantly planned trap?

A brand new series from the author of the bestselling Women of the Otherworld series.

Books by Kelley Armstrong:

Women of the Otherworld series
Bitten
Stolen
Dime Store Magic
Industrial Magic
Haunted
Broken
No Humans Involved
Personal Demon
Living with the Dead
Frost Bitten
Walking the Witch
Spellbound
Thirteen

Nadia Stafford
Exit Strategy
Made to be Broken
Wild Justice

Rockton
City of the Lost
A Darkness Absolute
This Fallen Prey
Watcher in the Woods
Alone in the Wild

Darkest Powers
The Summoning
The Awakening
The Reckoning

Otherworld Tales
Men of the Otherworld
Tales of the Otherworld
Otherworld Nights
Otherworld Secrets
Otherworld Chills

Darkness Rising
The Gathering
The Calling
The Rising

Cainsville
Omens
Visions
Deceptions
Betrayals
Rituals

* A brand new series from the author of the bestselling Women of the Otherworld series * 'Kelley Armstrong is one of my favourite writers' Karin Slaughter

About the Author
Kelley Armstrong is married with two children. She lives in Ontario, Canada.

Reviews
The hugely talented Armstrong delves into a truly shadowy world where honor and morals are set to a different frequency. In Nadia Stafford, she's created an anti-heroine whose motivations are convoluted, yet utterly gripping. Take a walk on the dark side-where contract killers become both the bait and the hunter of a vicious serial killer. -- ROMANTIC TIMES BOOK REVIEWS
This one is a real hoot, and I hope Nadia returns soon. -- Margaret Cannon, THE GLOBE AND MAIL
A taut, sensual thriller that grips from the first page ... sublime -- Karin Slaughter, THE NEW YORK TIMES
Clever, quirky, hip and funny. More please! -- Joanne Harris
"Armstrong's expert plotting never falters, and she's able to keep ramping up the intensity throughout...top-notch entertainment sure to seduce fans of tough heroines. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY



Book Information
ISBN 9780751538120
Author Kelley Armstrong
Format Paperback
Page Count 496
Imprint Sphere
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 266g
Dimensions(mm) 180mm * 153mm * 33mm