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WHEN SHE WAS TAKEN FROM HIM HE WENT AFTER HER AND SEALED HER FATE – HIS TOO
Racked by guilt over his accidental killing of a young Italian girl, contract killer André Warner has effectively retired himself from his ‘profession’ and taken to drink and other palliatives, while sinking slowly into a mire of depression.
A contract in Tangier to assassinate an Arab drug trafficker lures him out of retirement and self-pity. Soon after his arrival he encounters attractive American widow, Clair Power, and her precocious sixteen year-old daughter, Lizzy, who bears such a striking resemblance to the girl Warner killed that his waning anguish is instantly rekindled. He attempts to assuage it by embarking on a fling with Clair which brings him into conflict with a mysterious Dutchman named Rik de Bruin, who also appears to have designs on her.
The contract on the drug merchant is cancelled with no explanation given, but Warner, now seriously involved with Clair, is more relieved than disappointed. Their budding romance is not destined to blossom however. Clair disappears and Warner is landed with the role of de facto guardian to Lizzy.
In tracking down Clair, Warner crosses a line that brings him into conflict with the local police and he is deported from Tangier with a distraught Lizzy in tow. Back at his Andorra villa she slowly recovers from her mother’s disappearance and launches an assault on Warner’s good intentions. Her increasingly provocative behavior disturbs yet excites him, and when Rik de Bruin pitches up in Andorra and begins to take an interest in Lizzy too, Warner gets possessive the only way he knows.
Too late, alas, to save Lizzy from an unspeakable fate.
Racked by guilt over his accidental killing of a young Italian girl, contract killer André Warner has effectively retired himself from his ‘profession’ and taken to drink and other palliatives, while sinking slowly into a mire of depression.
A contract in Tangier to assassinate an Arab drug trafficker lures him out of retirement and self-pity. Soon after his arrival he encounters attractive American widow, Clair Power, and her precocious sixteen year-old daughter, Lizzy, who bears such a striking resemblance to the girl Warner killed that his waning anguish is instantly rekindled. He attempts to assuage it by embarking on a fling with Clair which brings him into conflict with a mysterious Dutchman named Rik de Bruin, who also appears to have designs on her.
The contract on the drug merchant is cancelled with no explanation given, but Warner, now seriously involved with Clair, is more relieved than disappointed. Their budding romance is not destined to blossom however. Clair disappears and Warner is landed with the role of de facto guardian to Lizzy.
In tracking down Clair, Warner crosses a line that brings him into conflict with the local police and he is deported from Tangier with a distraught Lizzy in tow. Back at his Andorra villa she slowly recovers from her mother’s disappearance and launches an assault on Warner’s good intentions. Her increasingly provocative behavior disturbs yet excites him, and when Rik de Bruin pitches up in Andorra and begins to take an interest in Lizzy too, Warner gets possessive the only way he knows.
Too late, alas, to save Lizzy from an unspeakable fate.
466 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 1, 2016
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About the author
Lex Lander
15 books24 followersBorn in Britain, raised in France, attended Auckland University in New Zealand where I obtained a degree in French and Italian, I now live and work in Montreal. Despite heavy business commitments – I am a partner in a Property Realtor business – I am currently finding time to produce two novels per annum until I achieve success. Failure is not an option.
My first, ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER JACKAL, was published in 2014 as a ‘trial run’ and is available as an eBook and a B-format paperback on Amazon. My two current thrillers, Vols I and II in the André Warner, Manhunter series are also available as eBooks on Amazon, and as B-format paperbacks though the UK’s largest bookselling chain, WHSmiths.
Further titles in the Warner series are on their way, as well as a crime thriller set in the south of France, to launch a new series. My publisher is keeping my nose to the grindstone!
I hope I will eventually soon become a force to be reckoned with in the crime-writing world, and secure my future as a novelist of repute. Then maybe I’ll give up selling properties!
My first, ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER JACKAL, was published in 2014 as a ‘trial run’ and is available as an eBook and a B-format paperback on Amazon. My two current thrillers, Vols I and II in the André Warner, Manhunter series are also available as eBooks on Amazon, and as B-format paperbacks though the UK’s largest bookselling chain, WHSmiths.
Further titles in the Warner series are on their way, as well as a crime thriller set in the south of France, to launch a new series. My publisher is keeping my nose to the grindstone!
I hope I will eventually soon become a force to be reckoned with in the crime-writing world, and secure my future as a novelist of repute. Then maybe I’ll give up selling properties!
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August 23, 2019
I really love the pacy action of this series...I'm about to start volume 3. Andre although an assassin for hire does show the occasional glimpse of the man underneath....move over James Bond.....
August 25, 2021
Perhaps it would have been different if I'd started with book 1 rather than 2, I found it over detailed in parts thus negating the need for me to imagine, if that makes sense.
September 25, 2023
excellent! reminds me of Tom Wood.
Bit different but as good.
Bit different but as good.
September 22, 2024
The consistent sexual between Andre and A CHILD was completely unnecessary and gross. The action scenes however are pretty good
January 1, 2017
I hadn't previously read the first book in the series, End as an Assassin, and I don't think it was necessary to do so as I enjoyed I Kill without knowing anything about André Warner.
From the opening pages, we are launched straight into the world of an assassin as André relives his real-life nightmare of shooting an innocent girl and is haunted by her face and final words. When a job comes up in Morocco, André hopes to take his mind off the dead Italian girl by focusing on a new bad guy. He adopts a new persona, that of Alan Melville, and meets an American widow, Clair Power, whilst staying at the hotel in Tangier. He is struck by how much Clair's daughter, Lizzy, resembles the dead Italian girl - he really can't escape his nightmares.
'Alan Melville' isn't the only man showing an interest in Clair Power, creepy Dutchman Rik de Bruin seems to be everywhere she turns. So when Clair goes missing, André knows he had something to do with it and as he delves a bit deeper he thinks that Clair perhaps wasn't the intended target after all. Then de Bruin turns up in Andorra and it is clear that he does not intend to leave without his prize, even if he has to go through André to get it.
I Kill is such a fast-paced book that I could barely draw breath between chapters. As André follows the trail from Tangier, past his doorstep in Andorra, through Paris and onto Amsterdam, the dark and twisted underbelly of the pornography business is revealed. I felt my heart racing as André in his Porsche chased de Bruin in his tacky red Rolls-Royce through the snowy streets of Amsterdam. It was certainly a car chase that James Bond would have been proud of.
I'll definitely be picking up the first book in the series, End as an Assassin, to read about more adventures of André Warner. The writing is so vivid and descriptive that I felt as if I was watching a film as opposed to actually reading a book. I Kill is a superb thriller.
I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
From the opening pages, we are launched straight into the world of an assassin as André relives his real-life nightmare of shooting an innocent girl and is haunted by her face and final words. When a job comes up in Morocco, André hopes to take his mind off the dead Italian girl by focusing on a new bad guy. He adopts a new persona, that of Alan Melville, and meets an American widow, Clair Power, whilst staying at the hotel in Tangier. He is struck by how much Clair's daughter, Lizzy, resembles the dead Italian girl - he really can't escape his nightmares.
'Alan Melville' isn't the only man showing an interest in Clair Power, creepy Dutchman Rik de Bruin seems to be everywhere she turns. So when Clair goes missing, André knows he had something to do with it and as he delves a bit deeper he thinks that Clair perhaps wasn't the intended target after all. Then de Bruin turns up in Andorra and it is clear that he does not intend to leave without his prize, even if he has to go through André to get it.
I Kill is such a fast-paced book that I could barely draw breath between chapters. As André follows the trail from Tangier, past his doorstep in Andorra, through Paris and onto Amsterdam, the dark and twisted underbelly of the pornography business is revealed. I felt my heart racing as André in his Porsche chased de Bruin in his tacky red Rolls-Royce through the snowy streets of Amsterdam. It was certainly a car chase that James Bond would have been proud of.
I'll definitely be picking up the first book in the series, End as an Assassin, to read about more adventures of André Warner. The writing is so vivid and descriptive that I felt as if I was watching a film as opposed to actually reading a book. I Kill is a superb thriller.
I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
October 10, 2016
Haunted by the death of a young Italian girl, professional killer André Warner attempts to retire from his deadly occupation, however, with nothing else to do but indulge in drink, drugs and sex, he finally consents to another contract: the assassination of an Arab drug trafficker. With any luck, the job will haul him out of his downward spiral.
The contract takes Warner to Tangier, where he meets attractive American widow Clair and her beautiful sixteen year-old daughter. Finding himself irresistibly drawn to the pair and with plenty of time to fulfil the contract, he allows himself to get to know the women and begins to wonder if it might herald a change of direction in his life. However, the mysterious and annoying Dutchman, Rik de Bruin, is also interested in Clair, and constantly interrupts the budding romance. Trouble is - he won't take no for an answer.
When Clair is snatched in what appears to be an Arab kidnapping plot, Warner is left to pick up the pieces. With little help from the police, he is eventually forced to take the girl back to his villa in Andorra, where he soon learns that his meetings with the Dutchman are not at an end.
This is the second book in the Andre Warner Manhunter series and I have to say I did wonder if the author would be able to keep the excitement at the same high-octane, gut-wrenching level. However, I'm happy to report that Warner the one-man killing machine still has plenty to offer in the way of thrills and spills, car chases and shoot-outs. The dialogue is sharp and witty and the geographical locations had my mouth watering. Lex Lander's attention to detail is, if anything, even more realistic and convincing than in 'End as an Assassin'. My assertion that this guy might be well on the way to taking over from Frederick Forsyth, looks like coming true very soon.
The contract takes Warner to Tangier, where he meets attractive American widow Clair and her beautiful sixteen year-old daughter. Finding himself irresistibly drawn to the pair and with plenty of time to fulfil the contract, he allows himself to get to know the women and begins to wonder if it might herald a change of direction in his life. However, the mysterious and annoying Dutchman, Rik de Bruin, is also interested in Clair, and constantly interrupts the budding romance. Trouble is - he won't take no for an answer.
When Clair is snatched in what appears to be an Arab kidnapping plot, Warner is left to pick up the pieces. With little help from the police, he is eventually forced to take the girl back to his villa in Andorra, where he soon learns that his meetings with the Dutchman are not at an end.
This is the second book in the Andre Warner Manhunter series and I have to say I did wonder if the author would be able to keep the excitement at the same high-octane, gut-wrenching level. However, I'm happy to report that Warner the one-man killing machine still has plenty to offer in the way of thrills and spills, car chases and shoot-outs. The dialogue is sharp and witty and the geographical locations had my mouth watering. Lex Lander's attention to detail is, if anything, even more realistic and convincing than in 'End as an Assassin'. My assertion that this guy might be well on the way to taking over from Frederick Forsyth, looks like coming true very soon.
October 14, 2016
Andre Warner obsesses over the death of an innocent girl. He has retired from being an assassin and now finds himself full of alcohol, drugs and women. But a contract for an Arab drug trafficker in Tangier draws him back. While in Tangier, Andre meets an attractive American widow, Claire and her sixteen year old daughter, Lizzy. Andrea helps Claire out of a situation with the Dutchman named Rik de Bruin.
Andre becomes smitten with Claire when suddenly she is kidnapped. Andre manages to save Lizzy and is awarded guardianship of her but required to return home to Andorra. While at home Lizzy is kidnapped and Andre finds himself in the child pornography industry trying to save her.
This is a fast action thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It’s rare to think of an assassin obsessing over the death of an innocent but it does make sense. Andre is beating himself up when he decides to take this last job.
I admit that I have not read the first book in this series but that did not draw away from this book. I understood what was happening. I really enjoyed this story and will be looking into reading the first book in the series, End as an Assassin.
I received I Kill from Authoright in exchange for an honest review.
Andre becomes smitten with Claire when suddenly she is kidnapped. Andre manages to save Lizzy and is awarded guardianship of her but required to return home to Andorra. While at home Lizzy is kidnapped and Andre finds himself in the child pornography industry trying to save her.
This is a fast action thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It’s rare to think of an assassin obsessing over the death of an innocent but it does make sense. Andre is beating himself up when he decides to take this last job.
I admit that I have not read the first book in this series but that did not draw away from this book. I understood what was happening. I really enjoyed this story and will be looking into reading the first book in the series, End as an Assassin.
I received I Kill from Authoright in exchange for an honest review.
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