Gu Byeong-mo is the author of The Old Woman With a Knife. A novel about an older woman who has been an assassin for her career. She has been doing this for many years and can see she is starting to slow down. Her reflexes are still quick, and still can move quickly but she is getting tired and maybe a little forgetful.
Now as Hornclaw contemplates coming to the end of her career and wondering when to retire, we learn about her life and how she came to be an assassin. In an unusual turn of events for her, it seems, that someone has made her the target. Hornclaw lives with her rescue dog, Deadweight, in a small understated apartment keeping a very low profile and no personal relationships. It is easier for a assassin to not make emotional connections.
But after a lifetime of careful withdrawal, she seems to be getting distracted and may be becoming attached to a family in her neighborhood. As she tries to protect he family and find out who knos too much about her and her personal life, she is encountering the most deadly of all her assignments. This time the victim could be her.
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