Killing Eve: Die For Me

Killing Eve: Die For Me (also known as Killing Eve: Endgame) is a thriller novel by British author Luke Jennings published April 7, 2020.[1] The novel is the third, and final in the series of his 2018 e-book compilation, Codename Villanelle and 2019 sequel Killing Eve: No Tomorrow.[2] The novels are the basis of BBC America's television series Killing Eve (2018—).

Background

The 2018 prequel Codename Villanelle is a compilation of four serial e-book novellas published in 2014–2016, and the sequel novel Killing Eve: No Tomorrow was published in 2019. Villanelle's character is a Russian orphan who, after murdering the killers of her gangster father, was rescued from prison by The Twelve and trained as a hitwoman and compensated with a luxurious life in the West. Villanelle becomes the quarry of British intelligence agent Eve Polastri.[3][4]

Killing Eve: Die For Me had previously been announced as being titled Killing Eve: Endgame.[5]

Premise

Preview synopsis includes: "As Villanelle returns to face her childhood demons and the Russian winter, Eve finds herself on the run from The Twelve, who want her dead. As the action moves between London and St Petersburg, and Eve and Villanelle finally admit their mutual erotic obsession, the chess game approaches its lethal, unforgettable conclusion."[6][7]

The Killing Eve television adaptation

The television series Killing Eve cast Sandra Oh as Polastri and Jodie Comer as Villanelle.[8] The show received critical praise, being renewed for a second season before its first-season premiere and being renewed for a third season about twelve hours after the second-season premiere.[9]

Though the book is said to "diverge pretty clearly" from the television show, they still "share common DNA" because of Jennings' collaboration with the show's creators,[10] the author remarking that he enjoys how the show's story line "entwines" with his own.[11]

References
  1. "Killing Eve: Die For Me". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  2. Knight, Lewis (2019-07-30). "Will Killing Eve season 3 be the last? Books to end next year with Endgame". mirror. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  3. "Killing Eve author Luke Jennings: 'Jodie Comer's assassin should appall and thrill viewers' - Radio Times". 2019-04-29. Archived from the original on 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  4. "No Tomorrow (Killing Eve, #2) by Luke Jennings". 2019-04-23. Archived from the original on 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  5. "Will Killing Eve season 3 be the last? Books to end next year with Endgame - Mirror Online". 2019-07-31. Archived from the original on 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  6. "Endgame (Killing Eve, book 3) by Luke Jennings". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  7. "Killing Eve: Endgame on Amazon.com". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  8. Wittmer, Carrie. "'Killing Eve' is a smart and seductive spy thriller that has a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  9. Mitovich, Matt Webb (2019-04-08). "Killing Eve Renewed for Season 3". TVLine. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  10. Igoe, Katherine J.; Am; Mitchell, a (2019-03-28). "The Final 'Killing Eve' Trailer for the New Season Just Dropped". Marie Claire. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  11. "How the 'Killing Eve' story is evolving in the original book series". EW.com. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
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