by Pierre LeMaitre
Billed as a black, comic novel this is certainly a dark tale and I am sure the author had a lot of fun writing it.
An atypical but top rated contract killer has reached her sixties and is starting to develop serious dementia like symptoms. Mahem is let loose. We are introduced to a number of characters who you build empathy with, only for them to be summarily dismissed at some point. His ability to keep us onside with the story is a mark of his storytelling skill. There is a neat twist at the end of a real page turner of a story. 9/10
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