Killers of a Certain Age
Books | Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
4.1
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Deanna Raybourn
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“This Golden Girls meets James Bond thriller is a journey you want to be part of.” -BuzzfeedOlder 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.
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Author
Deanna Raybourn
Pages
368
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2022-09-06
ISBN
0593200683 9780593200681
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"⭐️⭐️1/2"
Sher Free✌️
"A spy novel with women of a different age and I loved it."
Danielle Henry
"You don’t to be “of a certain age” to appreciate this twist on the trope of the life of an assassin, although it will certainly resonate more with those of us at that certain age! Good twists, colorful characters make for a fun, fast read. Recommend!"
Jackie Davidson
"Enjoyable and fun ! A trope which I haven't seen in most popular books these days which adds to the experience..."
LeeLoo Dallas
"When their employer sends a group of four 60-year old lady assassins on a retirement cruise, it soothes the string of being forced out - until they realize someone is trying to kill them. They have to go off-grid and rely only on each other for survival. Funny, action-packed, with lots of fun spycraft details, glamorous globe trotting, and some genuinely tense moments. I really enjoyed this!"
Emily Calkins
"Such a fun read."
Tiffany Wysbeek
"One of my favorites of this year!! So funny and interesting. Everything I love about a spy thriller."
Z G
Zariah Grant
"Loved listening to the Killers of a Certain Age audiobook. Deanna Raybourn created a cast of characters who prove that even age can't stop women from doing what they do best. I look forward to seeing more of these characters."
Brandi Always Reading
"Reasonably imaginative, except for the end. Women assassins over 60. Recruited in late teens, they join an elite squad of assassins dedicated to killing all remaining Nazis, retrieving their plunder and returning it to families. Regrettably, this note: The author nearly makes it to the end before needlessly stuffing in a pregnant woman complaining about nausea and her bulbous belly (please, authors, I beg you … enough with pregnancy sidelines, they are cheap and unimaginative). The last-minute character took me completely out of the story and caused me to drop the book from 4 stars to 3 stars."
Diane Morello
"This book was more categorized as action or thriller than my usual fantasy. This book is about this group of women assassins. They have been killing for 40 years and are now set to retire. On their retirement vacation they find out that people are trying to kill them. So they must find out why they have been put on a kill list. They have to choose to kill and be killed. At the age of sixty are they set to take on such a big mission? Or will they go into hiding and live out the rest of their lives. This book really does portray itself like an action movie. There are people you don’t know if you can trust, character development, and even double crossers. I have no complaints about this book and if you enjoy action movies about assassins or killing people who ultimately get what’s coming to them, this book is definitely for you. It’s another short read, and the action just keeps coming. "
Leeann Smith
