Luke Jennings
The next explosive, glamorous thriller in the Killing Eve series, the inspiration behind the BAFTA-winning drama.Like a cat, she brings me the mangled bodies of her victims.For her, it’s an act of love.Eve Polastri and Oxana Vorontsova want a quiet life together in London. Moscow’s spymasters have other plans. When an eighteen-year-old girl steps off a plane at Heathrow, claiming to be the daughter of the Duke of Albemarle, the couple are drawn into a game with no rules and no mercy.The duke is a close friend of the king of England, but who is Polina Kuzmina? An innocent caught in the crossfire, or a weapon aimed at the heart of the British establishment? As the action moves from the shores of the Adriatic to a deadly final act at Balmoral Castle, Eve and Oxana have just days to unravel Moscow’s plan.Can they assemble the pieces in time to avert national catastrophe? Can they outwit the killers determined to stop them?Rich with savage humour and chilling violence, Killing Eve: Blueblood is a masterclass in spy fiction. Are Eve and Oxana finally running out of lives?⭐️ Praise for the bestselling KILLING EVE series ⭐️’Villanelle is one of the most entrancing characters ever created, simultaneously a heroine and villain, both fascinating and frightening. This twisty, jaw-dropping tale kept me gripped from beginning to end.’ - International bestselling author Tess GerritsenSomehow Luke Jennings does it again: makes you root for a psychopath and the woman who will share her life provided they dodge bullets and her own murderous impulses - Author and journalist Catherine Mayer’A welcome return for an icon of spy fiction’ - Sunday Times bestselling author Charles CummingTopples the typical spy-action thriller as these two fiercely intelligent women, equally obsessed with each other, go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse ― Sunday ExpressA memorable protagonist . . . there is an extra sheen of glamour that makes Villanelle more a James Bond than a mere killer ― Daily MailLike Ian Fleming, Jennings is at once tongue-in-cheek and serious . . . His version of 007 is great fun ― Sunday TimesA short howitzer of a novel . . . Jennings writes at supersonic speed, packing in an impressive number of violent set pieces and sex scenes. The breakneck pace is undeniably addictive but he also displays an offbeat sense of humour ― MetroExciting and fun ― Daily ExpressReads a little like Terry Hayes’s I Am Pilgrim in miniature . . . the final pages are thrilling ― The SpectatorRacy in several senses and gripping from the word go, you can also see why BBC America commissioned a television version of Jennings’s sensational thriller ― Radio Times
