Second Shot

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cindy Dees introduces a taut, action-packed thriller featuring Helen Warwick, a highly skilled assassin trying to navigate retirement and reconnect with her family in the midst of mortal combat. Retirement isn't easy for a former CIA assassin. For fifty-five-year-old Helen Warwick, it may be impossible. Even Helen's family don't know the true nature of the work she's done for decades-the secret black ops, the sanctioned executions. But her plan to spend time reconnecting with her grown children has just been blown up-along with her son's house-by hired killers. Why is she being targeted now-and by whom? Years of eliminating the nation's enemies one sniper bullet at a time has earned Helen powerful adversaries. Then there are mysterious new foes, including a psychopath dubbed The DaVinci Killer, who wages a twisted war with a rival serial killer to turn murder into art. And when he sets his sights on Helen, she may very well become his next exhibit. From ...