For all fans of Mrs. Pollifax, this new series is about an irrepressible, middle-aged assassin. She was a lady of class and refinement until she found her trust dwindling, her job terminated, her lover gone and her apartment going co-op. Feeling depressed, she intended to kill herself at a party but killed the guest of honor instead by mistake. A stranger thanks her for doing the job for him and her new career is born.