The Amsterdam Assassin Series by Martyn V. HalmThe Amsterdam Assassin Series revolves around freelance assassin and corporate troubleshooter Katla Sieltjes. Under the name Loki Enterprises, Katla specialises in disguising homicide and providing permanent solutions for both individuals and corporations.The NovelsThe first novel in the Amsterdam Assassin Series, Reprobate, marks the first time Katla breaks one of her own rules, and how this affects both her personal and business life. The second novel, Peccadillo, will be forthcoming in late 2012. The third novel, Ghost, is planned for release in 2013. While the novels can be read out of order, reading them in chronological order might be more enjoyable.The KillFilesBetween the publications of the novels, the Amsterdam Assassin Series will also feature stand-alone short stories, the Katla KillFiles. The Katla KillFiles chronologically precede the novels in the Amsterdam Assassin Series. Each KillFile features Katla executing one of her contracts before the events in Reprobate, and, while not mandatory reading, each KillFile provides insight both in Katla’s work methods and skill, and additional background information in her character and personal history. The KillFiles can be read out of order, as the contracts are random samples from her past. Each KillFile also contains a teaser from the novels in the Amsterdam Assassin Series. The first Katla KillFile is Locked Room, where Katla is creating a locked room murder, where homicide isn't apparent and the location is sealed. By adding a teaser chapter of Reprobate, I hopefully make people curious about the novels.Meet female freelance assassin Katla Sieltjes, an expert in disguising homicide. Hidden behind her male alter ego Loki, Katla receives anonymous assignments, negotiates the terms with principals through electronic means, all to protect her identity. Blessed with an almost non-existent conscience Katla views assassination as an intricate and rewarding occupation. Living alone with her pet macaw suited her, until she meets Bram Merleyn, a blind jazz musician whose failure to notice a ‘closed’ sign causes him to wander in on Katla’s crime scene. Deciding that his affliction makes him an unreliable witness, Katla breaks one of her cardinal rules and spares his life.Meet Deborah Stern, recovering alcoholic and reluctantly re-enlisting as a liaison with the Dutch DEA office who need her language skills to overcome being sabotaged. When a U.S. Army officer dies on a German NATO base from a heroin/cocaine overdose, the trail leads to the infamous Dutch capital. The DEA and the Dutch IPOL launch a joint undercover operation.A chance encounter kindles Katla’s curiosity in Bram Merleyn and when an opportunity for a new introduction presents itself, she becomes tentatively intimate with the enigmatic blind man, who is unaware of her true occupation. While the relationship between Bram and Katla blossoms and starts to affect both their lives, Katla accepts a difficult high-risk assignment from an unreliable client: impersonating a Colombian death squad to brutally murder a Colombian businessman in a hotel room under surveillance. What Katla doesn't know is that the Colombian is an agent provocateur for the DEA. And that the people who hired her, conspire to ambush and kill her. In the aftermath of the bloody carnage that ensues, Katla decides to take refuge with Bram, casting both their lives into a vortex of violence. Not only her possible exposition and fragile relationship with Bram are now at stake, but her very life is in peril as Katla scrambles to get back to zero.Reprobate is the first novel in the Amsterdam Assassin Series. With authentic details and fast-paced action, featuring an uncompromising heroine and a supporting cast of unusual characters, Reprobate gives a rare glimpse in the local Dutch culture, information on the famous Dutch capital, the narcotics trade, computer hacking, motorcycle gangs, mehndi bridal tattoos, martial arts, and the brutal effectiveness of disciplined violence.