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1) Heir of fire
Author
Series
Throne of glass novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
Royal assassin Celaena must travel to a new land to confront a truth about her heritage, while brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world.
Author
Series
Throne of glass novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. Embracing her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen, Celaena returns to the empire--for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past"--
3) Hero
Author
Language
English
Description
After stopping a robbery at the Beverly Hills home of her client, a security guard to the stars is celebrated in the media as a local hero, but also draws the attention of the crime kingpin behind the burglaries.
5) The hit
Author
Series
Will Robie novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
CIA assassin Will Robie must bring in rogue agent Jessica Reel -- dead or alive. But as Robie pursues Reel, he quickly finds that there is more to her betrayal than meets the eye.
6) Godsgrave
Author
Series
Nevernight chronicle volume 2
Language
English
Description
The second thrilling installment of the award-winning Nevernight Chronicle, from bestselling author Jay Kristoff.
In a land where three suns almost never set, a ruthless assassin continues her quest for vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.
Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church hierarchy think she's far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of...
Author
Series
David Slaton novels volume 1
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First Oceanview paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
One perfect shot will change the course of history. Christine Palmer, a young American doctor sailing solo across the Atlantic, makes an incredible discovery-a man narrowly clinging to his life in the frigid waters. But there is much more to this desperate survivor than meets the eye. David Slaton is a Kidon-a highly-trained, highly-precise, and highly-dangerous assassin. The Kidon is both the hunter and the hunted, and he and Christine are in grave...
8) Seeker
Author
Series
Seeker trilogy (Arwen Dayton) volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After years of brutal training for what she thinks is the noble purpose of becoming a Seeker, Quin Kincaid, fifteen, learns that she will be using the ancient artifacts and sacred knowledge as an assassin.
10) Hit and run
Author
Series
John Keller novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
Framed for a high-profile murder that he did not commit, contract hit man John Keller flees for his life and becomes increasingly suspicious about his handler's ominous unresponsiveness.
11) Mahimata
Author
Series
Asiana volume 2
Language
English
Description
A young female assassin must confront the man who slaughtered her family, risk her heart, and come to terms with her identity as a warrior and as a woman in this thrilling fantasy from the author of Markswoman.
Kyra has returned to the caves of Kali, but her homecoming is bittersweet. She no longer knows what her place is. Her beloved teacher is dead and her best friend Nineth is missing. And gone, too, is Rustan, the Marksman who helped her train...
Author
Series
Teen Killers Club volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When seventeen-year-old Signal Deere is been framed for the murder of her best friend, she joins a secret society of teenage assassins to avoid a lifetime behind bars.
Author
Series
Foul lady Fortune volume 2
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1932 Shanghai, exposed national spy Rosalind Lang must rescue fellow spy, Orion, whose memories of Rosalind were wiped, and find a cure to a dangerous chemical weapon before it lands in the hand of foreign invaders.
14) Back blast
Author
Series
Gray Man thrillers volume 5
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Returning to Washington to uncover the truth about why the CIA betrayed him, former elite agent-turned-Gray Man Court Gentry discovers that the case is still very much under discussion and that he has stumbled onto a secret that powerful enemies will kill to keep.
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Billy Summers was twelve years old, He shot and killed his mother's boyfriend after he kicked Billy's sister to death. At 17, he enlisted in the army. At 18, he was a sniper in Iraq and involved in the deadly battle to recapture Fallujah. For nearly twenty years, he's worked as a paid assassin. He's a good guy in a bad job, and he wants out. He takes on a very complicated, very lucrative job that he hopes will be his last. He's got a perfect...
16) The target
Author
Series
Will Robie novels volume 3
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Earl Fontaine, a terminally ill Alabama death row prisoner, plans one last killing that will personally affect Robie and his fellow agent, Jessica Reel. Meanwhile Evan Tucker, the head of the CIA, recommends Robie and Reel for a mission to assasinate a foreign leader.
17) The black widow
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 16
Language
English
Description
Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin, is poised to become the chief of Israel's secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again. They call him Saladin, a terrorist mastermind whose...
18) The plotters
Author
Language
English
Description
“[A] powerhouse of a novel....It reads as if Haruki Murakami rewrote The Day of the Jackal.” - Locus Magazine
"Editor's Choice" New York Times Book Review
"The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019" CrimeReads
“Most Anticipated Books of 2019” Lit Hub
"This Winter's Best Thrillers" Chicago Review of Books
"Best Books of the Year" Apple
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"Editor's Choice" New York Times Book Review
"The Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2019" CrimeReads
“Most Anticipated Books of 2019” Lit Hub
"This Winter's Best Thrillers" Chicago Review of Books
"Best Books of the Year" Apple
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20) Assassin's heart
Author
Series
Assassin's heart volume 1
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Lea Saldana, a trained assassin, falls in love with Val Da Via, a boy from a rival clan, until tragedy intervenes and sets her on a course of revenge against the Da Vias family.
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