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Killers of a Certain Age (Killers of a Certain Age, #1)

Deanna Raybourn

Finish date: August 16, 2023

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Aug 16, 2023 Amanda rated it really liked it

Audio book - I highly recommended listening. Jane Oppenheimer, Christina Delaine did an amazing job with narration.
This one turned out to be a lot more interesting than I originally thought! It was engaging, humorous, and surprisingly action packed. I liked the timeline shifting to the past to tell the back stories, the training and previous jobs these women had during their 40 year career as elite assassins. The present finds them thrown back into the game to save their own lives. It was descr ...more

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Feb 17, 2023 Sierra rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The story of four femme fetales and their final mission. Raybourn uses wonderful imagery to describe her characters and she has the ability to place you in the scene right alongside them. This novel was a wonderful read, I was absolutely sucked in to the story and it was hard to pull myself away. The only aspect of the story I feel was lacking was the characterization of the main women as being older. It was mentioned plenty of times that they now had limited movement but it often felt like they ...more

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Dec 02, 2022 Nancy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: lib-kindle, mystery, thriller

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Killers of A Certain Age but this wasn’t it! The book cover and title prepared me for a comic tale of older women. This was actually a thriller and the protagonists are new retirees.

There were some humorous moments, some female empowerment, and a unique premise. So although it wasn’t what I expected, I did enjoy reading it.

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