Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie are back in business hunting a mole in the "Museum," and seeking out the killer of a former agent.

They find themselves on the list and travel the QE2 to solve it.

The book bounced back and forth between current time and past. I found this not just confusing but irritating.

I think it would be fun to have a story frame with the older woman, but the entire story is about a past adventure.

Not as good as the first.

I absolutely loved Kills Well with Others, the second book in the Killers of a Certain Age series. It felt like Jason Bourne but with a group of super-smart, skilled, and sassy women in their 60’s.

The story once again follows Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie as they join back up to deal with the newest threat. They jet (as well as travel by ship, train, and car) to many different locations as they follow leads in this exciting and twisting adventure. They are joined periodically by some familiar friends which I especially enjoyed.

The settings of the story were truly a chef’s kiss, I loved the way the author described the locations. These were often the calm before the storm of the action, the pace ebbed and flowed really well. I also loved the nitty gritty of what goes into the work they do, I enjoyed the extra detail and thought that really helped to draw the reader in.

The story is not just about the situation they find themselves in but about their lives, friendships, and relationships. It is about the history they share and the bond they have, they are a family and bicker like one too. “She eyed me up and down. ‘Don’t think that just because we’ve been friends for forty years, I won’t inflict harm on you.’”

It’s been a couple of years since I read the first book so my memory is hazy, but this one felt a little more contemplative. Billie is thinking though her life and choices which felt like it added some depth. My only slight quibble was that the flashbacks broke up the flow, but they commonly do and were important to the overall story. Highly recommend!

Thank you to the publisher Berkley Publishing Group, Deanna Raybourn, and NetGalley for the gifted digital ARC to review in exchange for my honest review.

Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for this digital ARC.

Our favorite menopausal assasins are back!! I was thrilled to read this second installment in their adventures. It has been over a year since Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie's last adventure. You can jump in at this book, but do yourself a favor... drop everything and read book one first. You will not be disappointed! Deanna Raybourn is a mastermind.

I realized a few chapters in that I actually didn't remember much about book one outside of the characters.

Kills well with others is a quick read with lots of humor and killer banter (pun intended). With my scatterbrain I'd say you could read it as a standalone but would greatly recommend getting book one first.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the ARC. What’s not to love about some sassy, retired female assassins. Lots of humor, friendship and love. I was glad to see this series continue….and could there be more???

A fun follow up to Killers of a Certain Age, Billie, Helen, Mary Alice and Natalie are back together again to find a mole inside the Museum.. who has set someone on their heels!
These are some of the most fun characters I have had the pleasure of reading in a long time. Told through present day action and flashbacks to an assassination, and the rescue of many valuable works of art, from years prior, Kills Wells pits our ladies against a vengeful new generation of villains.
Can't wait to see what these ladies get up to next, here's hoping this series has a life as long and filled with adventure as my new favorite team of assassins,



NetGalley provided me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Billie, Mary Alice, Helen and Natalie are being hunted again! This is an entertaining book, an action thriller with bits of humor scattered throughout to diffuse some of the heavier moments.

It's narrated by Billie with flashbacks into the past to give the situation they face some context. I can totally see this as a movie but as a book it was predictable and lacked the depth of character development and plot twists that I normally desire.

The author does incorporate some resourceful and creative means to eliminate the enemy using common household items to active the desired effect.

There was a lot of commentary related to their age. These
women are certainly not feeble nor frail so the premise that being 60 is old started to wear thin. lf you’re looking for a Kill Bill meets
Charlie’s Angels 44 years later then this maybe the book for you.

Thank you to publisher Berkeley Publishing Group for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest opinion.

Kills Well with Others was such a read! After readying Deanna's "Killers of a Certain Age" I knew I wanted to visit these amazing ladies again, and they did not disappoint. While the story was a little bit slower to me than the first book, I still enjoyed it!

I’m glad I read Killers of a Certain Age before this sequel. While not entirely necessary, it does help one “get” the characters a bit. Four older women who’ve had careers as assassins, come out of retirement to take on a new assignment with ties to one of their past jobs. It’s nonstop action and mayhem in settings ranging from the Queen Mary 2 to Venice to Montenegro. And even a flashback to some time working in Egypt. They chase bad guys and ferret out moles. They take a beating but always come out on top. It’s always fun to read action stories with likeable and seemingly invincible characters. The author has a fun, but not overdone, sense of humor and a real talent for describing characters and places. Recommendable if you’re looking for a quick, fun thriller.

Raybourn’s Killers of a Certain Age introduced the reader to four upper-middle aged retired female assassins- and I loved it. Kills Well with Others is equally as good. These sassy, confident, and sometimes irreverent women started as Nazi hunters and transitioned into taking out only the really bad guys like drug lords or murderous dictators. This story brings the four back together when someone is trying to kill them as revenge. Rollicking death defying action ensues with just the right amount of dark humor.

Killers of a certain age have returned to find out who may have breached the Museum's files and be trying to bump them off. Billie narrates again and the foursome reunite on a cruise and in Europe to track down a killer before they are tracked down themselves. I really enjoyed the first book in this series, but this one took it much further for me. I love the banter among them, their quirks, the accuracy Raybourn has for how they, as women of a "certain age", who handle the wear and tear on their bodies of being assassins. There are some return characters from book one as well and I love them as additions to the team. Great fun!

A fantastic follow up! I missed the ladies and was so glad for the opportunity to catch up with them. Even with a few slower sections, I enjoyed the flashbacks to previous hits. I love their relationship and was so thankful for a book 2!

I’m obsessed with these characters & adored this follow up to one of my favorite 2023 reads. Once again I NEED this book/series to be adapted for the screen

Deanna Raybourn continues her “older women assassins” series with Kills Well with Others. If you haven’t read the first in the series, Killers of a Certain Age (Barry Award for Best Thriller 2023 along with 7 other award nominations for the Macavity, Edgar, Agatha, Dilys and Crimefest), you should read that first as it is the better of the two novels in this series. However, Kills Well with Others is a fun romp with Billie, Helen, Mary Alice and Natalie as they are called back into action after a year of rest.

Someone is killing everyone who had a hand in assassinating an Eastern European gangster years ago, and our assassin-foursome is on that list! They travel across the continent causing turmoil in Venice, the English countryside, Switzerland and Bulgaria. While this thriller would be considered a cozy were it a mystery, there are serious issues considered in the novel as well as a great deal of humor and fun dialogue between the women killers. The ladies are not over the hill yet, but they are indeed starting to feel their age! This is, of course, the key to this novel’s storyline and character studies.

In this novel, I think the story of chase and be chased went on a bit longer than it needed to. Or maybe I just can only read just so much of light romps before I yearn for a heavier mystery or thriller. But for a light ride with clever writing, this is the book for you. I have often said that books are like meals — there is a place for dessert and even snacks. Not every book must be the complete meal or main course. Kills Well with Others is the perfect snack.

My rating: 4 of 5
This ARC title was provided by Netgalley.com at no cost, and I am providing an unbiased review. Kills Well with Others will be published on March 11, 2025.

They are together again, four "retire'" assassins are called together for a "job" and the intrigue and action begins. One of there fellow employees of the "Museum" has been murdered and their handler believes they may be next on the list. The "job" is off the books and with very little information to go on. It is believed that the son of a hit they made years ago has decided to get his revenge by killing everyone who was involved in the "hit". So the four 62 year old women revive their skills and strive to kill him before he can kill them. This op turns into so much more than just getting rid of the son. The difficulties unfold like the peeling of an onion -layer by layer and take them on adventures all over Europe. Flashbacks to previous jobs provide insights and information that keep the action going. Will they get their mark or die trying?
This is the second book in the series and is every bit as thrilling as the first. I hope the author will continue the series.

This was a really fun ride full of kickass female friendships and a chase that never stopped being intriguing. I expected it to get boring or slow at some point, especially since sequels aren't always as good as the original, but was delightfully surprised. It was a great read all around.

This book was so much fun! Perfect for fans of the Thursday murder club series, and a great follow up to killers of a certain age. Well plotted, and the story moves through a variety of exotic settings, the perfect backdrop for elaborate set pieces, which really helped give it a menopausal James Bond feel. Highly recommended!

For years, Billie Webster and three other women, Helene, Mary Alice, and Natalie, were professional assassins working for a British organization called the Museum. They've retired, but after a massive shake-up when members of the administration tried to kill them, the four women have been called back. Someone has killed an assassin, and the death may be connected to a recent security breach. Worst of all, all four women could be targets because of a case in the past when they took out a Bulgarian. Are they targets of the man's son? They accomplish their goal of killing their target on their Queen Mary 2 trip, but it only grows more complicated with a web that goes back to World War II and art smuggling. Now, as they hide in plain site, and travel across Europe and Asia, they attempt to complete a job they started over thirty years earlier.

Fans of Killers of a Certain Age, will enjoy the return of the four senior assassins whose escapades from the past and present are intermixed in a fast-paced, humorous adventure. The books stand out with the wit and unlikely friendships.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for providing this book, with my honest review below.

Kills Well with Others was an absolute adventure ride, but the mix of humor and mystery during that adventure made it an exceptional read. Part of a series, I had not read the first book but didn’t feel like it impeded my enjoyment of this book (if nothing else, I’m excited to read the first and learn a bit more about our characters and their careers).

We meet the group of ladies who used to do some CIA type work with a mystery organization called The Museum. Initially created to hunt down Nazis who went into hiding after WW2 and the works of art and valuables that were stolen during the world. As time went on and these criminals died off The Museum focused instead on the continued recovery of art and valuables along with stopping more modern day criminals. Enter our foursome, Billie, Natalie, Helen, and Mary Alice, early workers in the museum who works together and apart. We learn all about these ladies heyday as they have to interrupt their retirement to take on a new mission, stopping a revenge plot targeted on them while sussing out the mole in the Museum who released the classified information that put the target on their heads. These ladies are absolutely hilarious, and felt like a cozy group of old friends instantly. I don’t know how they have the energy or wherewithal to keep the non stop action going but they accomplish that and some pretty stellar problem solving. Throughout the book we also revisit Billy’s career in flashbacks, tracking back her highs and lows.

A fun book, I hope to read more about these ladies in the future. I’d be remiss to leave out that the supporting cast of characters, both friends and lovers, are also well written and act as the perfect interesting foil to our main ladies.

I LOVE this series, and if possible I enjoyed this sequel even more than the first. The characters are so likable and familiar, and I keep wanting to learn more about them. I love the format of switching from past to present in the two different voices- I feel like that gives both stories a different sort of dimension. But what really makes this series stand out is the humor. The writing is witty and hilarious. Love love love this book. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the e-arc.