Filled with jet-setting adventure and a group of clever, middle-aged lady assassins, it's the perfect antidote to any reading drought-and a whopping good page-turner. Heather Graham, New York Times bestselling author of Crimson Summer " Killers of a Certain Age is a delightful, twisty, hilarious novel that proves revenge is a dish best served cold.
Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author "Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age captures the reader from the get-go-and never lets go! An excellent and thrilling read!" Killers of a Certain Age is the 60-something lady assassin book we didn't know we needed, but, oh, we needed it.
Her latest is a romping, wild delight from start to finish. "This Golden Girls meets James Bond thriller is a journey you want to be part of." -Buzzfeed " unpredictable and propulsive romp of a thriller.an inventive and distinctly feminist escapade."-Oprah Daily "A singular suspense story thanks to its deftly fluctuating tone, which is by turns comical, violent and unexpectedly 's impossible not to root for these dangerous dames and their refusal to let themselves be put on the ash heap - a phrase that, in this thriller, should be taken literally." - The Washington Post "A sharp and witty thriller." -PopSugar "National treasure Deanna Raybourn never fails to enchant with her signature dry wit, sophisticated storylines, slick twists, and smart eccentric women who anchor her books. They're about to teach the Board what it really means to be a woman-and a killer-of a certain age. 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. 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. When the foursome is sent on an all-expenses paid vacation to mark their retirement, they are targeted by one of their own. 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. Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years.
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. Book Synopsis Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon.
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