KILLS WELL WITH OTHERS by Deanna Raybourn features the same feisty, older female assassins as her Killers of a Certain Age. However, there seems to be a lot more killing and less humor in this sequel. The four women are asked in an unofficial capacity to take out a nefarious killer whose actions are linked to a long ago murder they committed. Raybourn does an excellent job of developing both that backstory and present-day adventures, but the assassins seem less appealing in this outing. A LibraryReads Hall of Fame selection for March, this novel is darker than expected, both in my view and that of other book group members who recommended Raybourn’s Veronica Speedwell series instead. I look forward to investigating those titles.
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