It wouldn't be complete without a long list of expensive toys, drinks and locations. I haven't watched the television series (I don't watch television) so I can't compare the two versions, but the book is well-written, tongue in cheek and the two female protagonists are both interesting and well-matched in their different ways. The numerous, brutal and very imaginative killings are too cartoonish to be upsetting, thankfully. Great fun and a wonderful read! This has all the speed and spills of Ian Fleming's Bond books, but brought up to date in this cyber world and without Fleming's creepy misogeny. As a journalist he has written for The Observer, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and Time. LUKE JENNINGS is the author of Blood Knots, short-listed for the Samuel Johnson and William Hill prizes, and of several novels, including the Booker Prize-nominated Atlantic. If she’s looking for her next franchise after “The Hunger Games,” this may be it.' Howard Polskin – Thin Reads (on Codename Villanelle). And by the way, someone get a copy of this story to Jennifer Lawrence. 'Fast and furious… We can't wait for the next one. What’s not to love?' Christine's Book Reviews (on Villanelle: Hollowpoint) Villanelle is a professional killing machine and she does her job, never stopping to query the ethics or the rights and wrongs of her work. Her effortless cool and glamour and cleverness ensure that.

'What I enjoy about Villanelle is that she is robotic and ruthless and kills to order, but you don’t in any way dislike her. The stage is set for erotic intrigue and bloody violence, played out against the glittering backdrop of Asia's most decadent city. But hard on her heels is the brilliant and fiercely determined Eve Polastri of MI6, who has sworn to hunt Villanelle down, whatever the personal cost. Her task, to eliminate the leader of an elite team of Chinese hackers, who are stealing vital data from the West.īeautiful and sexually predatory, a psychopath who has been trained to kill without hesitation, Villanelle is the ultimate assassin. From bestselling author Luke Jennings, the third novella in the Villanelle thriller series.īeneath a bruise-dark monsoon sky, Villanelle paces the streets of Shanghai.

Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings