Week 40 Reviews: Killers of a Certain Age, Kills Well With Others

From Goodreads:

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 by New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.

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.

From Goodreads:

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 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.

My first review of Killers of a Certain Age
My Review:

I had such a good time reading these books! I really enjoyed Killers of a Certain Age, and I'm delighted that it got a sequel, but of course I had to reread before I could continue on, since it has been a few years since I read the first book.

Killers of a Certain Age, I love it. I loved it the first time I read it, and I loved it again! I loved being back with these characters, as they fought to survive. Knowing now that they have a further adventure, I went in knowing that their story wasn't over, and I was eager to continue on!

Kills Well With Others, was just a blast to read! To know that certain promises weren't being held, was pretty annoying. But to have case with a mole, yeah, I had to see what was going to come of it, all the reveals and clever goings on!

We also got more time in the past, which I absolutely loved, to see parts of what made them who they were. Especially where Billy made a mistake and killed someone who wasn't the target. They were more nimble, but they had less experience. These characters are memorable and amazing to read about!

Loved reading these books, and I'll say it again-I would love to spend more time with these characters! 

Author: Deanna Raybourn 
Series: Killers of a Certain Age #1, 2

First Read: May 6th, 2022

Read: October 2nd, 3rd, 2024
Source: Own, NetGalley 
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and I had to reread it, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Books, and Kills Well With Others is a WoW Book!
Publisher: Berkley 

Published: September 6th 2022
Expected Publication: March 11th 2025

Killers of a Certain Age:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Kills Well With Others:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars