The Assassins

Recently retired from US military intelligence, Judd Ryder is walking home one evening when he sees a man wearing his clothes step out of his house. Moments later, the man is killed in a hit-and-run. Was the stranger the intended victim, or was it Judd himself?

Searching the man, Judd finds a phone with only one number dialled - to CIA trainee Eva Blake, Judd's former girlfriend. What Judd and Eva don't know is that they've unwittingly been trapped in a battle to the death against six professional assassins, and only one will be left standing....



Gayle Lynds is a

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author. She worked as a reporter and editor for a top-secret US Government think tank before becoming a full-time novelist. She also co-founded International Thriller Writers with David Morrell. She lives in Southern California.



The Assassins delivers on everything it promises: devious players, shifting alliances, and no one you should trust.



Gayle Lynds has mastered the international action thriller



A master class in suspense, where plot twists abound and danger is always closer than you think



There are few writers who can set the scene like Lynds can.

The Assassins has everything a reader could possibly want... This is Lynds hitting on all cylinders with a thought-provoking tale that will surely stand with the year's best thrillers.



Lynds again proves herself a master of the thriller in her latest,

The Assassins... a roller-coaster of action and suspense... I defy you to put this book down once you start



This is Cold War thriller writing at its best. Raw, vivid, utterly credible, with palpable tension that never releases its grip.



Rich settings, beautifully crafted characters, and a compulsively readable storyline, a magnificent novel from a major talent. Outstanding.



A perfect piece of thrilling entertainment.



A classic last-man-standing story of deceit and betrayal with enough new twists and turns to keep you up way past your bedtime