Requiem for Immortals

Written by Lee Winter

Narrated by Anais Inara Chase

Professional cellist Natalya Tsvetnenko moves seamlessly among the elite where she fills the souls of symphony patrons with beauty even as she takes the lives of the corrupt of Australia's ruthless underworld. The cold, exacting assassin is hired to kill a woman who seems so innocent that Natalya can't understand why anyone would want her dead. As she gets to know her target, she can't work out why she even cares.

Contains mature themes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Aug 20, 2019
• ISBN: 9781400170098

Lee Winter

Lee Winter is an award-winning veteran newspaper journalist who has lived in almost every Australian state, covering courts, crime, news, features and humour writing. Now a full-time author and part-time editor, Lee is also a 2015 Lambda Literary Award finalist and Golden Crown Literary Award winner. She lives in Western Australia with her long-time girlfriend, where she spends much time ruminating on her garden, US politics, and shiny, new gadgets.

Reviews for Requiem for Immortals

[Annette · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Lee Winter has done it again! She is the Queen of Ice Queens. This is the 3rd book I have experienced by this amazing author. My favorite author by far!

[Lissan A White · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is amazing how being yourself can affect the most brutal of person, how kind heart can find the love in the needle of hay sack.

[Claudia Vasconcelos Varjotie · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The plot is okay but there are loads and loads of tiresome and extremely long, boring dialogs.

[Melanie Luikart · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book transported me into a completely different mindset, incredible

[miserableflower · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I tried to like this one but just couldn’t.... I enjoyed Alison’s character and I wish she had more limelight over all.... I’m frustrated that her pov was only used as flashback to prop up the facts.The whole Requiem/Natalya thing made me think it was a multiple personality disorder or something and not just a persona thing.... in that trying to make Requiem be such a cold heartless badass I mostly just found her unlikable. I found myself wanting to stuff a gag in her mouth. I think it was just trying way too hard. The character was there and just waiting to shine through.... which she finally did in random moments and it’s the main reason I stuck through this one.

[warmus-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Requiem for Immortals is the type of story that stays with you long after you‘ve finished reading it. To say Natalya is flawed is an understatement. As a world renowned cellist, Natalya is cold, witty, rigid, and doesn’t like talking about emotions. Hidden under her skin is the sociopath, stone-cold assassin, Requiem. With her arrogance (and a manipulative stepmother) Natalya/Requiem established a world with walls made of power and rules that should never be challenged. However, all it takes is one little mouse named Alison Ryan to nibble away at Natalya’s world. Natalya and Alison have some serious chemistry; but honestly, Natalya’s level of mystique created a charged reaction with all the characters (not to mention how her "clean it up" remark gave a serious jolt to my....never mind).

Lee’s development of the setting, plot, and tone allowed me to escape to a world where #saverequiem and #karmickillerforthewin are not only possible but also needed. There are some bad people in the word. I'm not saying they need to "sleep with the fishes" (or pigs), but they need to be exposed just the same. In addition, I appreciate that the story shifts between Natalya and Alison’s POV. The shifts make the mystery/thriller/romantic elements of the story much more authentic. The story itself is a page-turner due to the build-up of the surprised twist near the story’s middle and another twist 70% into the story. Overall, another great story by Lee.