by Deanna Raybourn (Raybourn)
The libraries’ Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group read and discussed Killers of a Certain Age for the July 2023 meeting, and it was my first time reading any of Deanna Raybourn’s work. I loved this, with some caveats. The narrator is Billie, one of a quartet of senior women who all happen to have worked as assassins for an organization colloquially known as The Museum, and who have all reached retirement age. When they are invited to a cruise to celebrate this milestone, Billie recognizes one of the cruise employees as a fellow assassin from The Museum, and realizes he’s there to kill them all. Billie, Mary Alice, Helen and Natalie turn the tables on their pursuer and then go on the run — trying to figure out why their former organization would have targeted them for elimination after four lifetimes of loyal service.
This book has been joking referred
to as James Bond crossed with The Golden Girls, and there’s a certain amount of
legitimacy to that. Our four lady assassins are all lethally proficient but
they also complain and kvetch amongst themselves all the time. This was a fun
read, with lots of terrific dialogue, pulse-pounding action sequences, and a
non-stop plot. Like any “James Bond” story, there are exotic locations, ranging
from an assassination aboard an airplane, to an old monastery in New Orleans,
to the British countryside, to the bone-strewn underground tunnels below Paris.
If you like fast-paced funny action stories, you’ll enjoy this. Especially if
you love female empowerment stories!
( official Deanna Raybourn
web site )
Recommended
by Scott
C.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Service
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If you're a mystery fan, you're invited to join us for this month's Just Desserts meeting tonight, August 31st, at 6:30 p.m. in the 4th floor auditorium of the Bennett Martin Public Library downtown at 14th & "N" St. -- this mystery-themed discussion group meets on the last Thursday of each month, January through October. Tonight, we'll be discussing the first three books in the popular Thursday Murder Club series by British author Richard Osman.
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