The Accidental Assassin

From the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Nichole Chase, comes THE ACCIDENTAL ASSASSIN.Ava McKenzie is a creature of habit. Life is passing her by and she has nothing to show for it. She's had the same job since she started college, she orders the same dish every time she goes to her favorite restaurant, and only reads books from authors she knows. There is nothing new or surprising in her life... until her best friend marries a man from London. When her newlywed friend asks her to house-sit while she honeymoons, Ava jumps at the chance. She thinks this could be the very thing she needs to shake up her life. Ava throws herself head first into her new lifestyle; she wants to try everything, go everywhere, and never get stuck in a rut again. Of course, offing a man in a car garage hadn't been one of the things on her list to try.Owen Walker spends every day in a new place with a new case. As one of the most renowned assassins in the world, he has his choice of marks--and he's never failed in a mission. When a new hit takes him back to his hometown, he looks forward to spending time somewhere familiar. What he isn't expecting is to help an attractive, confused American woman find out how she's ended up on a hit man's list.As Ava and Owen dodge bullets, will they be able to escape their undeniable attraction to each other? Or will all of that chemistry blow up in a shower of hot and dangerous sparks?

Victor Green is 37, unmarried and the sort of man who irons his underpants. When pruning his tree, he falls from his ladder and kills the pedestrian below - the gangster Tommy 'Gruesome' Hewson. As word spreads of the gangster's demise, Victor is mistaken for Vincent Green, an international hitman, and swept into a turf war between two local gangs. The hapless Victor's life is turned upside down as he inherits Tommy's poodle, gets a girlfriend and is recruited to fight in both gangs, accidentally leaving a trail of bodies in his wake as he tries to figure out what seems to be a horrific misunderstanding.

Our lives are a fraught with accidents. The Dictionary defines an accident as a noun; "an accident is undesirable or an unfortunate happening. An unintentional happening that most commonly results in harm, casualty or loss. Accidental is an adjective described as; happening by chance, or accident, or an event not planned." Every day we experience an accident, with luck the event is minor. David Black found himself the object of a number of accidental happenings, some of his own making. What he needed was an actual event of his own making to appear as an accident, little did he know what the outcome would be? Detective Inspector Les Steele is involved in three incidents involving two accidental deaths and two suicides. Are they accidents? Only his perseverance and intelligence will provide the answer. He is sidetracked when a murder takes place that is neither an accident nor accidental. The Detective Inspector is given the task of solving all four cases. Will the Assassin escape the long arm of the law?

CIA operative Dean Wells has gotten into big-time trouble in Syria. He is trying to thwart terrorists' latest move in the Middle East when a man ends up dead in his hands. Is Dean to blame? The Syrians think so and put him on an international hit list. What's worse, Dean can't explain in his own defense how the assassination occurred. Enter Carla Martino, a hard-driving CIA psychologist to investigate the strange case of denial, or amnesia. Or is it something else? To clear his name, she must follow him to the ends of the earth. Enjoy this tightly plotted inside look at the CIA and high-stakes chase from Aleppo to Hebron, from Cairo to Sharm el-Sheikh, and from Amman to Jerusalem. You'll feel the desert wind blowing hot down your neck as Carla tries to unravel the mystery and Dean races to defeat the terrorists. Only by completing his dangerous mission can Dean solve the case of...the Accidental Assassin.

Victor Green is 37, unmarried and the sort of man who irons his underpants. When pruning his tree, he falls from his ladder and kills the pedestrian below - the gangster Tommy ‘Gruesome’ Hewson. As word spreads of the gangster’s demise, Victor is mistaken for Vincent Green, an international hitman, and swept into a turf war between two local gangs. The hapless Victor’s life is turned upside down as he inherits Tommy's poodle, gets a girlfriend and is recruited to fight in both gangs, accidentally leaving a trail of bodies in his wake as he tries to figure out what seems to be a horrific misunderstanding.

Rumors of a conspiracy started as soon as Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy and were re-doubled when Jack Ruby murdered Oswald in the heavily guarded basement of Dallas police headquarters. This is a story by a reporter who was in that headquarters basement and then worked on Ruby's murder trial and the investigation by the Warren Commission.

A misguided hapless loser with questionable morals has an accident and comes to the attention of a ruthless serial killer. The seedy underground community of society is unaware they are being targeted and groomed for attention as part of a national murder spree by a predator with a kinky outlook. However, the killer is being tracked by an investigative journalist, a dedicated detective nearing the end of his career, and an ambitious, young, uniformed police officer. The Accidental Assassin is a very dark comedy thriller that will have you laughing and cringing in equal measures as it races towards its climax.

Born in a remote African village, as a child Nshila is befriended by the local witchdoctor, who inducts her into the secrets of his trade. Upon leaving the village, Nshila takes this knowledge with her into the wider world of college and university in England.