KILLS WELL WITH OTHERS is the delightful follow-up by romance and mystery author Deanna Raybourn, building on the surprise smash hit of KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE. Having book two makes me hope that the Killers of a Certain Age series will continue further! I am a huge Raybourn fan, and it’s great to see her lean into her own life experiences to bring us capable and successful middle-aged women.
The blurb describes this as “Four women assassins, senior in status—and in age—sharpen their knives for another bloody good adventure in this riotous follow-up to the New York Times bestselling sensation Killers of a Certain Age.” This captures the joie de vivre of this rollicking caper. Told with two interweaving timelines, we follow professional killers Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie as they take care of unfinished business from the annals of their elite assassin organization known as the Museum. They must uncover the mastermind before they are erased themselves.
These ladies are resourceful and competent. I revel in picturing myself as one of these intrepid spies, righting wrongs and pulling capers while having a grand time with their mutual hijinks. Fast-paced and full of action, Raybourn nonetheless manages to once again draw the reader’s eye to how women are discounted throughout their lives, even more so as they age. It’s so darned pleasing to see women be successful killers, and for them to exhibit panache and own their James Bond-like skills while doing the killing. KILLS WELL WITH OTHERS is tremendous fun with dry wit, social commentary, and international intrigue galore. Someone described this as Golden Girls meets Charlie’s Angels, and I am here for it!
Four women assassins, senior in status—and in age—sharpen their knives for another bloody good adventure in this riotous follow-up to the New York Times bestselling sensation Killers of a Certain Age.
After more than a year of laying low, Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie are called back into action. They have enjoyed their time off, but the lack of excitement is starting to chafe: a professional killer can only take so many watercolor classes and yoga sessions without itching to strangle someone...literally. When they receive a call from the head of the elite assassin organization known as the Museum, they are ready tackle the greatest challenge of their careers.
Someone on the inside has compiled a list of important kills committed by Museum agents, connected to a single, shadowy figure, an Eastern European gangster with an iron fist, some serious criminal ambition, and a tendency to kill first and ask questions later. This new nemesis is murdering agents who got in the way of their power hungry plans and the aging quartet of killers is next.
Together the foursome embark on a wild ride across the globe on the double mission of rooting out the Museum’s mole and hunting down the gangster who seems to know their next move before they make it. Their enemy is unlike any they’ve faced before, and it will take all their killer experience to get out of this mission alive.
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