483 records matched your query       

Author:

Ku, Pyŏng-mo, 1976- author.

Title:

The old woman with the knife : a novel / Gu Byeong-mo ; translated by Chi-Young Kim.

Publisher:

Hanover Square Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

280 pages ; 19 cm

Subject:

Female assassins--Fiction.
Aging--Fiction.
Murder for hire--Fiction.
Older women--Fiction.
Korea (South)--Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)

Other Authors:

Kim, Chi-Young, translator.

Other Titles:

Pagwa. English

Notes:

"First published as Pagwa in 2018 by Wisdomhouse Publishing Co. Ltd."--Title page verso

Summary:

"At sixty-five, Hornclaw is beginning to slow down. She lives modestly in a small apartment, with only her aging dog, a rescue named Deadweight, to keep her company. There are expectations for people her agethat she'll retire and live out the rest of her days quietly. But Hornclaw is not like other people. She is an assassin. Double-crossers, corporate enemies, cheating spousesfor the past four decades, Hornclaw has killed them all with ruthless efficiency, and the less she's known about her targets, the better. But now, nearing the end of her career, she has just slipped up. An injury leads her to an unexpected connection with a doctor and his family. But emotions, for an assassin, are a dangerous proposition. As Hornclaw's world closes in, this final chapter in her career may also mark her own bloody end."-- provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1335425764
9781335425768

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1301528785

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

SEPC074 -- Hawkins Memorial Library (La Porte City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)