...that’s the problem with rich people in the UK – not only are half of them clinically evil, they’re clinically evil bastards who all went to school together and still haven’t grown up. [loc. 2457]
Maisie Baxter works for Novum, a boutique ethical assassination agency. Her boss is the charismatic Gabby Hawthorne (played, in my head, by Helen Mirren); she shares a flat with Beth, who knows nothing about Maisie's job; she's been single for a while, because she can't have a relationship without revealing her secret double life.
But when a man named Will shows up at two of her jobs, and the target is killed before she can take care of business, she becomes suspicious -- not least because, on the first of those jobs, the two of them hooked up for a steamy one-night stand. Will works for a rival agency, but is he the real enemy, or is there something more sinister afoot?
Fun, funny and -- refreshingly -- set in the UK rather than the US, this is classic romcom. I liked Maisie, who is competent and witty and loyal: Will grew on me: the secondary characters, such as Jason the IT guy and Beth the flatmate, felt like people I know. Hitwoman was much-needed light relief after recent reading. Despite its innately violent subject matter, it's a cheering and life-affirming novel, and I hope very much that it's the start of a series.
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