A London-based female assassin runs into trouble on a mission in 1970s Mexico in this action-packed debut crime thriller.Acapulco 1974: Rina Walker is on assignment. Just another quick, clean kill.When she wakes to discover her employer's severed head on her bedside table, and a man with an AK 47 coming through the door of her hotel room, she must use all her skills to neutralise her attacker and escape.Notting Hill 1956: Fifteen-year-old Rina is scave...

A hit woman moves from London's seedy criminal underworld into the realm of Cold War spies and targeted killings . . .London 1967. A working girl is brutally murdered in a Soho club. Rina Walker takes out the killer—and attracts the attention of a sinister line-up of gangland enforcers with a great deal to prove.But when a member of British Military Intelligence becomes aware of her failure to fulfill a contract, issued by an inmate of Broadmoor, he forces he...

Four novels in the edgy series about a female contract killer in 1960s London.HarmIn Acapulco, Rina Walker is on assignment. Just another quick, clean kill—until she wakes to find a severed head in her hotel room and a man with an AK-47 charging through the door, in this action-packed series debut that takes us into the traumatic childhood in postwar London that made Rina what she is today . . .ThreatLondon 19...

A beautiful contract killer is caught in a web of deceit as two crime bosses battle it out in 1960s London in this crime thriller.London 1964. Gang warfare is breaking out. Rina Walker struggles to survive amid the battles and betrayals of a gruesome cast of racketeers and gangsters.Her considerable skills as an assassin are her only hope of survival.Playing one side off against the other to protect those she loves, Rina is caught in a deadly game of c...

In 1960s London, a female contract killer goes after a depraved aristocrat in a quest to save his trafficked victims . . .In 1961, George Preston is in control of crime in West London, and Rina Walker is his favoured contract killer. When Rina is hired by a Soho vice king to investigate the disappearance of girls from his clubs, she discovers that they're being supplied to a member of the English aristocracy for the gratification of his macabre tastes.Soon, R...

This recording offers a guided development towards a state of deep relaxation and calm. It will provide a means of unlocking and freeing habitual muscular tension and pacifying the autonomic nervous system.After instructions as to the appropriate position and situation in which to listen to the tape are given, you will be encouraged to slow down your breathing mechanism and allow yourself the time to release any tightness or tension in the body.Once the breathing rhythm and...

More Italian Yesterdays written by Mrs. Hugh Fraser who was a writer noted for her various memoirs and historical novels. This book was published in 1915. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the qu...

The story of "Giannella" revolves around the titular character, a young Italian girl named Giannella. The novel follows her life journey, starting from her humble beginnings in a small Italian village and spanning her experiences as she grows up and faces various trials and tribulations.As the narrative unfolds, readers are introduced to Giannella's family, friends, and the community in which she lives. The novel explores themes such as love, loss, resilience, and the pursuit of one's drea...

It has always seemed to me that one of the most perfect experiences within the grasp of mortals would be that of a child brought up in seclusion by an adored parent, only known to its heart and mind as such—and to find, on reaching maturity and coming out into the world, that the beloved one was the ruler of a mighty empire, venerated and feared by millions of men. How that knowledge would transfigure and ennoble the memories of childhood, of the protecting companionship bestowed, the bein...

Excerpt: ""And now, what are we to do about the child? Cannot you think of something, Carl?" Carl stooped down to disentangle some very small fingers which had been busy with his bootlaces, and as the baby crawled away to find fresh mischief he straightened himself and watched her with a ruefully puzzled expression. "Upon my word, Hans," he said at last, "I can think of nothing but the Pietá. It seems hard, but all the boys are as poor as ourselves. The only married one is Sigersen, and hi...

Celebrating 100 years of Agatha Christie stories, The Mysterious Affair at Styles is Hercule Poirot’s first case, performed on audio by Captain Hastings actor Hugh Fraser.‘Beware! Peril to the detective who says: “It is so small – it does not matter…” Everything matters.’After the Great War, life can never be the same again. Wounds need healing, and the horror of violent death banished into memory.Captain Arthur Hastings is invited to the r...

Read by Hugh FraserAgatha Christie once again demonstrates her mastery of the short form mystery with Parker Pyne Investigates—short stories of crime and detection featuring Parker Pyne, certainly one of the most unconventional private investigators ever to pursue a hot lead.Mrs. Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in the Times that read: "Are yo...