Killers of a Certain Age

  I received a copy of this release from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Title: Killers of a Certain Age

Author: Deanna Raybourn

Publisher: Berkley 

Release Date: 9.6.22

Publisher’s Summary 

Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon.

They've spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can't just retire - it's kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller.

Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. Now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on technology than people skills.

When the foursome is sent on an all-expenses paid vacation to mark their retirement, they are targeted by one of their own. Only the Board, the top-level members of the Museum, can order the termination of field agents, and the women realize they've been marked for death.

Now to get out alive they have to turn against their own organization, relying on experience and each other to get the job done, knowing that working together is the secret to their survival. They're about to teach the Board what it really means to be a woman--and a killer--of a certain age.

My Review

After a 3-month long comedy of errors, my copy of Killers of a Certain Age arrived 4 days ago, meaning if I was going to review it prior to / on its release date, I needed to rearrange my reading schedule to give it a priority. Frustrating to say the least, but not the book's fault. Now, if I didn't already REALLY want to read it, I would have shrugged and gotten to it whenever, but I REALLY wanted to read this one. Finding a new release with a female protagonist over the age of 30 feels rare, so I especially loved this foursome of 60-somethings. Filled with plenty of deadly details and witty banter, the speed of the storyline is fast and action-packed. Serious question now...when is this being made into a movie!?

Readers who liked The Witches of Moonshyne Manor and The Change will love Killers of a Certain Age.