Best Served Cold (2009)

Springtime in Styria. And that means war. Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge.
There
have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is
locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and
between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads
roll and cities burn, behind the scenes bankers, priests and older,
darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king.
War
may be hell but for Monza Murcatto, the Snake of Talins, the most feared
and famous mercenary in Duke Orso's employ, it's a damn good way of
making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too
popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed, thrown down a mountain and
left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger
for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die.
Her allies
include Styria's least reliable drunkard, Styria's most treacherous
poisoner, a mass-murderer obsessed with numbers and a Northman who just
wants to do the right thing. Her enemies number the better half of the
nation. And that's all before the most dangerous man in the world is
dispatched to hunt her down and finish the job Duke Orso started...