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,

"Four women assassins, senior in status - and in age - sharpen their knives for another bloody good adventure in this riotous follow-up to the New York Times bestselling sensation Killers of a Certain Age.

After more than a year of laying low, Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie are called back into action. They have enjoyed their time off, but the lack of excitement is starting to chafe: a professional killer can only take so many watercolor classes and yoga sessions without itching to strangle someone...literally. When they receive a summons from the head of the elite assassin organization known as the Museum, they are ready to tackle the greatest challenge of their careers.

Someone on the inside has compiled a list of important kills committed by Museum agents, connected to a single, shadowy figure, an Eastern European gangster with an iron fist, some serious criminal ambition, and a tendency to kill first and ask questions later. This new nemesis is murdering agents who got in the way of their power hungry plans and the aging quartet of killers is next.

Together the foursome embark on a wild ride across the globe on the double mission of rooting out the Museum's mole and hunting down the gangster who seems to know their next move before they make it. Their enemy is unlike any they've faced before, and it will take all their killer experience to get out of this mission alive."

Personally, I'd totally read about these women killing their watercolor instructor.

Killers of a Certain Age was one of my favorite books the year it was published, so I was SUPER jazzed to read the sequel. This was fine - I definitely didn't love it as much as the first, but I can't quite put my finger on exactly why. Definitely worth a read if you enjoyed KoaCA!

I received a complimentary advanced copy of KILLS WELL WITH OTHERS by Deanna Raybourn. Thank you to Berkley Publishing and PRH Audio for the chance to provide an honest review.

KILLS WELL WITH OTHERS is the sequel to KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE, a series that follows a group of elderly women who have had a long and successful career working for the Museum. This "museum" is a network of assassins. In this second installment, the retired assassins Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie are called back into the work they left behind by the head of the Museum. It seems that someone may be seeking revenge against those connected to the Museum and it is up to our professional killers to find answers.

I didn't expect a sequel after KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE, but I had so much fun reading that one, so of course that made this book an auto-read for me! This one picks up a while after the conclusion of book one and we get to hear a bit about what retirement looks like for the ladies and also see them not so reluctantly get back into the excitement of their former employment.

This story is a fun time with a lot of theorizing about who might be slipping this revenge seeker information and a lot of action with both the present day and also past jobs that play into the desire for revenge. I found the story gripping and really enjoyed the relationships between the women and others in their lives.

This book, the sequel to Killers of a Certain Age, is about four women assassins in their sixties who are called back into action by their agency, the mysterious Museum. The book follows their action-packed, humorous, and poignant adventures.
What I liked: The four women are great characters, with complex back stories and interesting personalities. They travel the globe, and I loved the descriptions of all the different areas they visit. Like the first book, this one has humorous elements relating to aging and sexism.
What I disliked: For me, this book was not as fast-paced as the first; it dragged in some sections, particularly the chapters flashing back to the women's past in the Museum. It also wasn't quite as funny as the first book.
Overall: A fun, adventurous romp; a worthy addition to the series.

Thanks to and NetGalley for providing the advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

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Outstanding!!! This is a great series that is well thought out and interesting. Never a dull moment with these ladies!,

I am a big Deanna Raybourn fan, and this book did not disappoint!

The 4 main ladies are such strong characters with interesting backstories, especially Billie, who provides the viewpoint for a lot of the book. The research that went into this book must have been immense, because Billie throws in so many great offhand comments about ways to kill, fight, or disguise oneself. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and joining these ladies for a second time on an adventure.

Highly recommend!

(And note to add, her Veronica Speedwell series is also fantastic and worth a read!)

A worthy sequel to killers of a certain age. Indiana Jones meets James Bond in this thriller about a 60-something quartet of female assassins. Action packed, and exciting this is a must read for Summer 2025.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.

Rounded up from 3,5ish. It's been long enough since reading the first book in this series, that I remembered very little of it. But, I'm pretty confident that I did like it a bit more than this follow-up. Not that I disliked "Kills Well With Others"; I just didn't love it. My biggest complaints are that some of the "scene changes" or transitions were rather abrupt and disorienting. But overall, it was plenty fun, with a lot of humor AND action. I don't think I'm alone in my opinion that the chicken was a highlight!

It was so fun being back with Billie, Helen, Nat and Mary Alice. These women are so badass! I was a little unsure of the tie in of the flashback chapters but most of it came clear as the story went on. Loved some of the history sprinkled in with the missing artwork from WW2 and mentions of Monuments Men. Highly recommend!

A second book that follows the same golden aged women who have been a contract killer team. Here you'll see the same women, smart and quick, with a new (with some history) target on the radar. These women become some major globe trotting which was a complete delight to read. That said, I found there was a lot of shifting of places, names, plot points, and history, that it didn't keep me dialed in. I love the concept of older women being the main POV's in a book, but I found I liked the first book more.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley for the gifted e-ARC.

Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie dive back into the fray when a colleague's murder reveals the calling card of an old foe thought to be long gone. "Killers of a Certain Age" left me eagerly anticipating more, so I was delighted to discover its sequel, "Kills Well with Others,” was in the works. This follow-up delivers. Our fabulous sexagenarian assassins embark on a globetrotting cat-and-mouse game set against glamorous locales that rival any Bond film. Their sisterly relationship, shaped by 40 years of fighting, sometimes with each other by mostly side-by-side, only adds to the story’s charm. It's a must-read for spy thriller enthusiasts craving a lighthearted, cozy escape.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an advance copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.