Killers of a Certain Age

by

Hardcover, 352 pages

Published Sept. 6, 2022 by Berkley.

ISBN:
978-0-593-20068-1
Copied ISBN!

View on OpenLibrary

4 stars (4 reviews)

7 editions

reviewed Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

3.5 rounded up

4 stars

This was an enjoyable read for sure. Group of female assassins/spies in their old age are suddenly targeted for death by the very group they used to work for.

The book has a good pace and I did not find myself bored at any time. I think the biggest gripe I have with it was that for being a book about professional killers, it didn't feel like there was a lot of action or suspense. The beginning scenes were the only moments that I worried about the characters. Don't get me wrong, they do a whole lot of crazy stuff through the book, but none of it really felt very high stakes because you just realize that this is a book where they are the best at what they do, so it kills the suspense vibes.

Still a good read, I love the badass old ladies and their friendships with …

reviewed Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Would make an amazing movie

4 stars

This is a really cinematic novel, and I truly demand a movie be made, with amazing older actresses as main cast.

Billie, Mary Alice, Natalie and Helen are co-workers who get to go on a cruise for their retirement. All in their 60s, they had a pretty special job: assassins for The Museum, a vigilante organisation hunting nazis and dictators across the world. But something goes wrong on that retirement cruise, as it turns out that The Museum is trying to kill the four women. We follow the ladies across the world as they try to figure out who wants to get rid of them and why.

Some interesting twists, cool backstory of the younger assassins, just highly enjoyable to read and strangely very empowering to read as a woman.