Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE by Deanna Raybourn is an exciting mystery told with plenty of humor and snarky commentary. The main characters are four women, Billie, Natalie, Mary Alice, and Helen who have worked as assassins (first hunting Nazis and then “dictators, arms dealers, drug smugglers, and sex traffickers”) for forty years. They are on a cruise celebrating retirement when they become targets. It’s time for them to use their skills in this audacious and thrilling page-turner. As Billie, the de facto leader, notes, “I’d known them for two-thirds of my life, those impossible old bitches. And I would save them or die trying.” KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE is a LibraryReads selection for September and received starred reviews from both Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. Raybourn offers “thanks and a round of special cocktails” to many people, including “every person who identifies female and has rage;” she says, “I feel you, sister. This one’s for you.” Pick up KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE for a fun, energizing, and stealthy tale!