The 4 “retired” assassins from “Killers of a Certain Age” are back with another international mission. Natalie, Billie, Mary Ann and Helen have, for years, been assassins working for the Museum…a very clandestine organization originally set up to hunt and kill Nazi who escaped justice at the end of WWII and to recover great works of art stolen by the Nazi from occupied countries or Jewish owners. These 4 “mature” women are brought back together because the Museum has a mole and information about an assassination from the 1990’s that they carried out has been leaked and someone wants revenge. From the QE2 to Italy, Montenegro and Switzerland they try to identify and kill whomever is trying to kill them. Along the way, they have some darkly funny encounters with a wide cast of characters including a young opera tenor, a Bulgarian bodyguard and a chicken. Tense, witty, fresh and sarcastic, this book is as fun as the first book

Raybourn does it again! This book is just as enjoyable as the first in the series. Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie find themselves both on the run and hunting a killer.

I highly recommend reading Killers of a Certain Age first, as it lays the groundwork for this installment. This sequel delves deeper into the main characters and gives a bit more attention to the side characters, making it an even richer read.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A gripping page-turner that will captivate fans of action-packed adventures, witty banter, and strong, sassy female protagonists who crave a wild ride of espionage, international intrigue, and high-stakes assassinations.

I love this series and, what I called, my retired lady assassins. I was so thrilled to see a second book and it did not disappoint! It was such a fun ride, I would love to see these as a movie. Among all the action, at the core, it’s about the friendship between the four women, which is what has me coming back to each book. More please! I’m also obsessed with the museum theme of the “agency” and would love to see what other past cases these four sphinxes got into. Highly recommend! Literary and actiony and fun!

The second book in this series is just as good as the first, the characters are great, fun and smart. There’s
lots of action and humor and just fun to read. I hope there are more books in this series.

I am grateful to NetGalley for an ARC of this title by Deanna Raybourn. I hadn't read anything by this author before, so I read Book One "Killers of a Certain Age" prior to reading this one so that I could understand the set up of these characters and what they do. These women were deadly assassins for a clandestine, international organization that eliminated unsavory people in various governments. However, at this age, they are supposed to be retired. Book two of this charming series brings them all back together on a new mission that carries them far from home.

What I love about this author is that her characters are well developed and very funny. As a woman of a certain age myself, they seem relatable to me in most ways (except that I'm truly not an assassin and I can't fight like that.). In Book One, they are not happy about retirement. In Book Two, they are called back into the thick of things and they are happy to oblige.

The author brings you back and forth in time, from their active days as younger women to the present situation at hand. For that reason, I think I am glad that I read this on Kindle rather than listening to it. I think it might have been a bit more confusing. I found myself laughing and also feeling sadness for some of the things they had experienced in the past and those things that were happening in the present. I did wonder if women my age would be able to withstand some of the physical elements described in this one, but I was willing to suspend my judgement and perhaps even felt inspired to get back onto that exercise bike or learn how to give and take a punch. It's a read that goes a long way toward empowering women who don't need men to rescue them.

I would recommend this book and do think reading Book One first is a good idea. I don't know if this author will write more stories in this series with our favorites Natalie, Billie, Helen and Mary Alice, but I do hope so. This was a 3.5 star read for me, rounded up to 4.

The senior female assassins are back in this sequel to "Killers of a Certain Age". The four women are happily called back out to a year long sabbatical to assassinate those who are killing agents and inevitably the four are also targets. This books gets a bit more into personalities of the four in addition to their very clever problem solving. It's both funny and suspenseful.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an early copy in exchange for an honest review.

Review: I really wanted to like this one. I do appreciate the perspectives of these women the humor., wisdom, light-heartedness, they add to the story. I struggled to feel connected in this one and to really care about the story. It feels like it got so close to being good but just missed the mark. I can't quite put my finger on what's off, I do there there is an audience for this though. Lovers of cozy mysteries and silly "killers" will enjoy this. I am glad books like this are becoming more common where we get "untraditional," main characters being bad a**. Let's keep that trend going.

The four female assassins of Killers of a Certain Age are back in Deanna Raybourn's sequel, Kills Well With Others. They narrowly survived an attack more than a year ago that followed their official retirement, but they are now bored and ready to get back into the assassination game. It's a challenge with ties to a former case of theirs, and it takes the ladies to locations throughout the world.

Again, we appreciate each one's specialty, and they are all impressive. What's more, they often go undetected because . . . well, you know how senior women are often totally disregarded. Each woman is distinctly portrayed, and we also get a welcome glimpse at others in their life--a loyal significant other, a supportive wife, and an impressive young hacker.

The story is familiar if you've read the first book. There is lots of case analysis by all four, and the action scenes are exciting and detailed. But I have trouble engaging with protagonists of any gender who kill for a living. Although I enjoyed both books in this series, and I can see how much fun the author had writing them, I prefer Raybourn's charming (and equally exciting) Veronica Speedwell historical mysteries.

My thanks to Berkley and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and provide an honest review of this book.

The girl gang of assassins is back at it again! This was a fun and exciting sequel to one of my favorite books, Killers of A Certain Age. Billie, Helen, Natalie and Mary Alice can’t seem to have a relaxing retirement and are once again being hunted. They need to track down their hunter and solve the problem of a mole within the Museum.

Like its predecessor, this book is full of high stakes action, mystery and humor. I liked the flashbacks of previous jobs and would honestly love to read a prequel with more earlier jobs. It didn’t quite live up to the 5 stars of the original but it’s a solid 4 stars that I thoroughly enjoyed.

The girls felt like old friends when I read this book and it was fun to go on another adventure with them.

Thank you to Berkley publishing and netgalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Our favorite retired assassins are back in the sequel to Killers of a Certain Age. When a former colleague is murdered, they are recruited in an off the books assignment to find out who killer her and take care of the problem.

The case has echoes from an earlier assassination conducted by the quartet. A child of their target has decided to get even. They need to find the intended killer before they are killed. There is also a tie-back to another case in which Nazi loot, including a very valuable painting by Raphael, was the focus of an investigation.

The four along with Mary Alice's wife, Billie's significant other, and a mentee are off to England, Italy, and Montenegro on the trail of the one who wants them dead and who is dealing for the long-missing art.

I enjoyed this story and the comradery among the four aging assassins. I liked the way they cleaned up problems from the past so that they could go on to a new future.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for this advanced reader's copy. In exchange, I am providing an honest review.

Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie have been living quiet, retired lives for over a year. When they get a request from the head of the assassin organization that employed them for forty years, they are curious and perhaps a little eager to get back into action. Someone seems to be targeting past operatives to exact revenge, and it will be up to the four women to suss out the person targeting the agents. Engaging in a cat-and-mouse game throughout the globe, the foursome is not only up against this unknown killer, but there's a mole within the Museum, and they've got to find that person as well. And they need to do it quickly as they are the next names on the hit list.

The second (and final?) installment in Raybourn's Killers of a Certain Age series was enjoyable, if not a little predictable. It's not a huge compliment that the second book in a series is already reading predictable, at least to this reader. I wonder how many fresh storylines Raybourn can create from this quartet of lady assassins. At the end of the first book, knowing this title was next in line, I said aloud, "Book 2 should probably be it for this series." I may be in the minority here. However, I can't imagine another whole story being written that doesn't feel already done. My recommendation? Let these ladies ride off into the proverbial sunset.

This series is like a lovely hug, with sharp objects and badass women!
The audio - fantastic. The plot - thrilling. The characters - making this author an auto buy for me!
The consistent reminders of women at any age over 40 being invisible and forgettable. Finding love, building relationships in your life continues! Love this!
When the book ended, I wasn't ready - bring on the next!

This was an easy read but less suspenseful than I expected/hoped for. It was definitely a more lighthearted and humorous mystery. I liked the premise and the characters, especially their ages.

The post-menopausal feisty assassin ladies are back in this quick-paced page-turner of humor and murder. A sequel that can stand alone or be a satisfying return to reads of the first book that did not get enough of the espionage-like Golden Girls.

While Raybourn's crime novel offers a fun read for all audiences, I suspect it will be most appreciated by fellow readers of a certain age like myself. There 's an extra thrill in accompanying exceedingly competent if not infallible women in their sixth decade and beyond as they turn the talents they have cultivated to discovering how an incident in their professional past is endangering their present.

It's like Mission Impossible, but with four badass ladies in their 60s. I love this series and always know I'm in good hands with Deanna Raybourn: there's action, there's danger, there's art history, there's history history, there's humor, there's a lot of blood, there's that slightly uncomfortable feeling when you're rooting for characters that kill people for a living. And in this one, there's a chicken. I had a great time.

Definitely enjoyed joining these characters for another adventure. There definitely aren’t enough capable ladies of a certain age in literature and having this lot definitely improves the genre and fiction as a whole.
I liked the plot overall and its intricacies and connections though the flashbacks did feel a little uneven and choppy. The book as a whole was a little long for my liking, especially on the back 1/3 but that’s a personal preference more than anything else.

Overall, enjoyable and I’d definitely read more in the series.

I felt that this was a great sequal that reminds me of the Thursday Murder Club. Well done with the continued characters, and overall enjoyable storyline that though took a little bit to resolve, did its job.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advanced copy of Kills Well With Others. I absolutely loved Killers of a Certain Age and was so excited to see that Deanna Raybourn had written a follow up.

We meet up with our 4 retired assassins a year later and SURPRISE, someone is trying to kill them again. Through flashbacks of previous assignments of the years (which I loved) we find out who and why. I enjoyed traipsing all over Europe as they follow various clues and eliminate suspects but something didn't work as well for me in this follow up and I'm not sure why. Still lots of action and fun,