They don't call her Karla anymore. She's Charlotte Alton: she doesn't trade in secrets, she doesn't erase dark pasts, and she doesn't break hit-men into prison.
Except that is exactly what she's been asked to do.
The job is impossible: get the assassin into an experimental new prison so that he can take out a target who isn't officially there.
It's a suicide mission, and quite probably a set-up.
So why can't she say no?
Read MoreFast, hard and very, very goodA truly unusual thriller set in the world of espionage, this is a terrific debut... Original and thought-provoking - SUNDAY MIRRORAn effective writer of colourful prose and generates plenty of narrative tension. - BOOK OXYGENIt's a dark, pacy, compelling and utterly uncompromising tale about people trying to outrun their respective demons. - SHOTSA gripping story skillfully told... Helen Giltrow writes so well that every word carries weight - LITERARY REVIEW