Lucy Kirk’s “The Poison Factory – Operation Kamera” is out in print and ebook formats. Kirk is a retired CIA case officer and chief of station. The book is in the espionage category with a female protagonist, set in London and focusing on Russian assassinations using poison.
Decktora Raines is on leave from the CIA, trying to escape memories of the agent she lost and the disappearance of her life partner, Alex. But when a Russian defector she once handled unexpectedly reaches out to her, urging her to come to London, her instincts take over. She arrives to find that another Russian defector has been murdered, and the only clues are claw marks and an unidentified white powder.