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The Old Woman With the Knife

The Old Woman With the Knife

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Hornclaw is a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. But when she makes an error on an assassination job, her past comes back to haunt her, threatening her with sabotage and new desires. She proves that females are always more deadly than males, no matter their age.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 02 March 2023
Publisher: Canongate Books


Hornclaw, a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer, is contemplating retirement. However, during an assassination job for her disease control company, she makes an uncharacteristic error that sets off a chain of events that brings her past into the present. She faces threats of sabotage from a young male upstart and struggles with new desires and urges that catch her off guard. Undeterred, Hornclaw strengthens her resolve and proves that, regardless of age, females are always more deadly than males.

Hornclaw, a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer, is contemplating retirement.

However, during an assassination job for her disease control company, she makes an uncharacteristic error that sets off a chain of events that brings her past into the present.

She faces threats of sabotage from a young male upstart and struggles with new desires and urges that catch her off guard.

Undeterred, Hornclaw strengthens her resolve and proves that, regardless of age, females are always more deadly than males.

Weight: 206g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838856458
Edition number: Main

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