The Hummingbird Killer, Finn Longman
The Hummingbird Killer, Finn Longman
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The Hummingbird Killer

Author: Finn Longman

Narrator: Chloe Massey

Unabridged: 10 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/25/2023


Synopsis

Friend by day. Traitor by night. The second book in the dark, twisting thriller trilogy about a teen assassin’s attempt to live a normal life. Don't miss the epic conclusion to the series, coming May 2024.

'A dark, enthralling thriller' The Guardian 

Teen assassin Isabel Ryans now works for Comma, and she’s good at it: the Moth is the guild’s most notorious killer, infamous throughout the city of Espera. But Isabel still craves normality, and she won’t find it inside the guild. She moves in with a civilian flatmate, Laura, and begins living a double life, one where she gets to pretend she’s free.

But when Isabel’s day job tangles her up with an anti-guild abolitionist movement, it becomes harder to keep her two lives separate. Forced to choose between her loyalty to her friends and her loyalty to Comma, she finds herself with enemies on all sides, particularly those from the rival guild Hummingbird, putting herself and Laura at risk.

Can Isabel ever truly be safe in a city ruled by killers?

From award-winning author Finn Longman, an exhilarating voice in YA fiction, comes an addictive trilogy for fans of global phenomena The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Killing Eve and The Hunger Games.

PRAISE FOR THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN:

'An immersive, fast-paced thriller' The Irish Times

'An electrifying debut!’ Chelsea Pitcher, author of This Lie Will Kill You

‘A heart-in-your-mouth thriller that grips you from the first page until the very last.’ Benjamin Dean, author of The King is Dead
 
'A bold, jagged and uncompromising thriller that will keep you guessing all the way to the end.’ Tom Pollock, author of White Rabbit, Red Wolf

‘Sharp and layered, with a bright beating heart. The Butterfly Assassin will lure you deep into a fascinating and dangerous new world.’ Rory Power, author of Wilder Girls

‘An utterly addictive story. I told myself "just one more chapter" well into the night.’ Emily Suvada, author of This Mortal Coil
 
‘Fierce, thrilling, and impossible to put down. Packed full of amazing friendships, plot twists and a desperate fight to survive’ C. G. Drews, author of The Boy Who Steals Houses

About Finn Longman

Finn Longman is a queer disabled writer and medievalist, currently based in Cambridge. By day, they’re a library assistant; by night, they kill (fictional) people in their YA and Adult novels. With a degree in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic and an MA in Early and Medieval Irish, they spend the rest of their time having extremely niche opinions on the internet.


Reviews

Goodreads review by claudia (purged my account) on January 27, 2025

Friend by day. Traitor by night. Teen assassin Isabel Ryans now works for Comma, and she’s good at it: the Moth is the guild’s most notorious killer, infamous throughout the city of Espera. But Isabel still craves normality, and she won’t find it inside the guild. She moves in with a civilian flatma......more

Goodreads review by Molly on March 20, 2023

Teenage assassin is moments away from a redemption era only for her life to be upheaved by the best people who ensured she never got a chance at a childhood… and now she’s trying to fit into civilian life. Delving into childhood trauma, healing from wounds and with the saddest found family trope you......more

Goodreads review by Liz on May 15, 2023

I am sobbing AGAIN, Finn, my heart is in PIECES. 11/10 would let Finn Longman personally victimise me again. Oh, and Ronan Atwood can go die in a hole.......more

Goodreads review by Charley on May 20, 2023

Finn deserves kudos for managing the rare feat of writing a sequel that I prefer to the original. I particularly liked the wider view of Espera - its people, its culture, the unsettling familiarity-and-yet-not of this weird closed city where everybody knows they could probably get murdered at any mo......more

Goodreads review by Kayleigh on May 02, 2023

4.5* - The Hummingbird Killer picks up two years after book one is much wider in its scope - bigger world building, higher stakes and a deeper dive into characterisation. It’s exactly what you want a sequel to be! Everything you loved about the first expanded and built upon! Isabel is a such an incre......more