Week 45 Review: Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead

From Goodreads:

From Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead—the hilarious and heart-pounding follow-up to Finlay Donovan is Killing It.

"A funny and smart, twisty and surprising series."—Megan Miranda

Finlay Donovan is—once again—struggling to finish her next novel and keep her head above water as a single mother of two. On the bright side, she has her live-in nanny and confidant Vero to rely on, and the only dead body she's dealt with lately is that of her daughter's pet goldfish.

On the not-so-bright side, someone out there wants her ex-husband, Steven, out of the picture. Permanently. Whatever else Steven may be, he's a good father, but saving him will send her down a rabbit hole of soccer moms disguised as hit-women, and a little bit more involvement with the Russian mob than she'd like.

Meanwhile, Vero's keeping secrets, and Detective Nick Anthony seems determined to get back into her life. He may be a hot cop, but Finlay's first priority is preventing her family from sleeping with the fishes... and if that means bending a few laws then so be it.

With her next book's deadline looming and an ex-husband to keep alive, Finlay is quickly coming to the end of her rope. She can only hope there isn't a noose at the end of it...

My Review:
This book was a lot of fun! I really enjoyed the first book, and with that ending of the first, well, I needed to see how the hit on her ex-husband would play out, and boy was it a blast to read! I loved watching Finlay continue to have some pretty fantastic and hilarious adventures!

Honestly I was a little apprehensive going into this book, after all, Finlay just kept getting deeper and deeper into the situation in the first book, and I was pretty sure going in that something similar would happen in this book. And given that it was a sequel with probably more books to come, well, there was a chance that she wouldn't fully get out again. So I really enjoyed how that all played out! 

While all the investigation was going on, there were also happenings in her personal life, with Julian and Nick, developments that further complicated everything. There was also Vera and her secrets-we now know she has them, and that they're at least partially about money, and I can't wait to find out more, because Finlay and Vera are family!  

The first case was basically dropped in her lap and wasn't personal until it connected to her ex-husband's new girlfriend. This time, off the bat, it was personal because it was Steven whose life was on the line, so that was great to read about how she was dealing with that! So many twists and turns! And that ending was another lead off for the next book's case, I need to know what's going to happen next! 

This was such a great read, and now I can't wait for book 3! 

Author: Elle Cosimano
Series: Finlay Donovan #2
Read: November 12th, 2021
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and the first book, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Minitour Books
Expected Publication: February 1st 2022

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