I have not laughed out loud this much in a very long time. Seriously, funny with a healthy dose of mystery and suspense. I could not put it down.

This book was so hilariously entertaining while keeping my interest. Def a nice change of pace for a mystery novel

Finlay is a mystery writer, recently divorced with two kids. She’s behind on her bills and receiving pressure from her publisher to finish her book. When she is mistaken as a hitwoman for hire and is given $50,000 to kill someone’s husband, she is unsure what to do. She decides to stalk the man and ends up innocently killing him. Suddenly, she finds herself in a real-life mystery!

This book is so good I read it twice! It had me hooked from the very first page! Several times, I laughed out loud with the predicaments Finlay found herself in. I loved the plot but found some parts of the book very predictable. It didn’t keep me from enjoying reading the book or wanting to know how it ended.

This is an excellent choice for Book Clubs!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!

This was a delightful, fun mystery with lots of humor which I found highly entertaining. Can't wait to read the next in the series.

Finaly Donovan is a single mom struggling in her roles as mother and novelist. She's behind on her book deadline and all of her bills. During a meeting with her agent, a woman misinterprets their conversation and tries to hire Finlay as a contract killer to kill her husband.

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It is laugh out loud funny. It has elements of suspense and romance sprinkled in. Finlay is a very relatable and likable character that I was rooting for from the very beginning.

Loved this book. It was so much fun to read, can't wait to get my hands on the sequel! Finlay and her shenanigans made my whole day.

Finlay Donovan is a cozy mystery about a mom that gets caught up in a murder. It's lighthearted and funny but I personally found it to be a bit too far-fetched and had a hard time relating to the characters.

This was such a fantastic read! I've really enjoyed Elle Coimano's books, and this was her first adult book, as far as I'm aware. And I had such a great time reading it, I loved reading about Finlay and her adventures, after being mistaken as a hitwoman!

Honestly, I felt so badly for Finlay. Things are bad, and they keep getting worse. The way that she's entangled in the murder investigation, and keeps digging herself a bigger hole, I wasn't sure how everything would turn out. But boy did I enjoy the journey!

Chaos would be a great word to describe this book. I mean, she stumbles into being though a hit man, ends up accidentally killing this guy and having to bury him, and then have the investigation come after her ex, there were a lot of stressful moments!

Things did work out in the end, and I'm really excited that she got her writing mojo back, though it's a little on the nose that she was writing a fictionalized version of what happened in this book, that did cause a little trouble. Things were left off in a great spot, and I'm so happy that she got that!

This was a fantastic read, and I can't wait for the sequel!

This book was straight-up fun. Finlay is an incredible character to root for. She is an honest and raw portrayal of single motherhood, mixed in with some wild things happening in her life. The mystery itself was great - so many twists and turns. I am so glad this is a series, and I cannot wait for the next one!

CW: murder, death, misogyny, gun violence, mentions of domestic abuse and infidelity

An utter delight! Fun, cozy mystery! I look forward to reading further titles in the Finlay Donovan series. Come for the hijinks, stay for the wit!

A recently divorced writer finds herself being confused for a cold-blooded hit-woman. What a fantastic concept for a book that's basically a mystery-novel-meets-rom-com. Thankfully, the writer didn't disappoint. This is a cute, entertaining read that's perfect for someone interested in lighter fiction with a small bit of suspense thrown in.

This was such a fun read! The character was funny and delightful. All the characters is the novel were well developed. A great cozy mystery!

When a down on her luck, recently divorced writer finds herself being confused for a cold blooded hit-woman, chaos ensues.

A tongue in cheek delivery of the typical mystery novel meets rom-com, this was a cute and entertaining read. I honestly didn't enjoy Finlay's character as much as I hoped to and preferred Vero much more. If we had had chapters from Vero's perspective, I may have given this book a higher rating. I'll read the sequel, but I'm not anticipating that it will blow me away. Between the love triangle and all the little mishaps that should have led to Finlay and Vero getting locked up right away...there were just too many moments when I was ready to move on to my next read.

Yes yes yes yes!!! I was waiting for this with baited breath and it DID. NOT. DISAPPOINT!!! I was so excited I read it in one day!!!

This book is hilarious, funny, and a page turner! I love a female heroine in my page turners too! When Finlay is mistaken for a contract killer while discussing the plot of her next thriller book at lunch with her agent, all kinds of chaos follows!

This was a pleasant surprise! Well-plotted & suspenseful while still being hilarious. Finlay was a likable character and her friendship with Vero was heartwarming. I look forward to reading the sequel! This was a book that I did not want to put down.

Finlay Donovan is having a bad morning. Her preschool-aged daughter has cut her own hair (and part of her scalp). Her infant son is sticky and poopy. Her kitchen is a mess. Unpaid bills are piling up. She has a meeting shortly with her book agent, and she’s way behind on her deadline. And her ex-husband just fired her part-time nanny. Finlay is broke, late with her book, and may be losing custody of her children to her ex-husband. And she has to go to the one Panera she was once kicked out of.

But she can’t put off her meeting with her agent anymore. So she slaps on her blonde wig and scarf combination, hoping that it’s enough to disguise her from the manager who kicked her out when she dumped food onto her ex-husband’s new fiancee, also known as Theresa, Finlay’s (former) realtor. So Finlay slides into the small table across from her agent and talks about how frustrated she is, with the same murders over and over. She wants something different, and she wants a lot more money for her next contract. Her agent tells Finlay that she just needs to fulfill the obligation of her current contract or she’ll have to give her advance back. And then she leaves. As Finlay is cleaning up to leave, she finds a piece of paper on it with a man’s name, a phone number, and a dollar amount: $50,000.

When she calls the number, she realizes that the woman who had been sitting next to her had completely misconstrued their conversation. She though Finlay was a contract killer, and she wants to hire Finlay to kill her husband. She tells Finlay what a bad man he is and that he’ll be at a specific bar that night. Finlay doesn’t want to kill anyone, obviously, but $50,000 could pay for an amazing lawyer, one who could fight her ex-husband’s lawyer if he really does try to get full custody of their kids. It could pay off all of her bills. It could fix her minivan. And it could pay back her publisher, if she can’t come up with her new book really fast.

Finlay feels like it wouldn’t be wrong just to do a little research on this man and his wife, and a quick internet search on Theresa’s computer shows her that he is an abuser. So she takes a little black dress from Theresa’s closet and heads to the bar to see the man for himself. After a flirty conversation with the bartender, Finlay heads to the bathroom, right past the husband’s table. That’s when she sees the man drug his date’s champagne. Thinking fast, she detains the date and goes to talk to the man herself, distracting him long enough to switch the glasses, so the drugged champagne is now his. When it kicks in, Finlay helps him into her minivan, intending to take him back to his wife. She doesn’t want him and tells Finlay to look on his phone. She does and she finds the photos of women he had drugged, slept with, photographed, and then extorted. Clearly, he is not a good man. But Finlay has no idea what to do with him.

She drives the van home with him still in the back, and after heading in to clean herself up, she goes back out to the garage to see that she had left the van running. And the garage door was closed. She did just what she had been contracted to—she’d killed a man. And when Finlay’s former nanny Vero stopped by then to pick up the rest of her stuff, Finlay told her everything. They decided on a 60/40 split, and then they head out to get rid of the body.

Within days of Vero moving in to the house, the kids are in good shape, the bills are paid, and Finlay has written several chapters of the story, to try to figure it what exactly had happened that night. But then a new client offers $100,000 for Finlay to get rid of her husband, a handsome cop stops by to get Finlay’s help with his missing persons case, her agent cancels her current book deal to get her a much better deal based on this new story, and Finlay wonders if Theresa is involved with the Russian mob. So, just typical working mom stuff.

But Finlay has to figure out how it all fits together, both to keep herself and Vero out of prison and to finish writing her new book. Will Finlay figure out an ending where she’ll get to live happily ever after, or will her story end in a different way?

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It is a phenomenal story that blends the struggles of a working mom with two kids and a jerk of an ex-husband along with a murder mystery with enough twists to keep you guessing. Author Elle Cosimano brings humor and street smarts to her first adult novel and ends up with a comedic thriller about misunderstandings and modern life.

I really enjoyed Finlay Donovan Is Killing It. I thought it was smart and interesting, and while some of the situations may seem far-fetched, Finlay struck me as the type of person who could get herself into (and out of) such situations. I thought it was fresh and fun, and I look forward to seeing how Finlay gets herself into and out of more shenanigans.

Egalleys for Finlay Donovan Is Killing It were provided by Minotaur Books through NetGalley, with many thanks.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read and review.

Ah this was so much fun to binge! Finlay, an author, gets mistaken for a hitman and becomes embroiled in murder. Between juggling her ex, custody of their kids, writing her next book, and now this mistake Finlay is at her end. This book has the same vibes as Agatha Arch and I loved it!

Hilarious and will have you shaking your head. You will be on the edge of your seat in the last few hours of this book.

That ending sets you right up for book 2!

This book was a wild ride, and I enjoyed it. It was entertaining from start to finish. The whole time I was reading this, I was just curious how Finlay was going to get herself out of this not safe, not smart predicament. The lure of money mixed with bad decision making, got her into one big mess.
I had a fun time with this. It was a page turner. Something was always happening that just sunk Finlay deeper and deeper into this hole. I did think things were going to go differently when Vero showed up, but then she surprised me.
Finlay also has two men who have popped into her life. I liked both of them, but it did feel just a little jarring when Nick is introduced. He came on so strong from the first, which didn't feel the most natural. I mean, Julian is pretty quick to fall for her too, but the way he was introduced just didn't feel as forced. I'm not sure who I'd pick. There's definitely some challenges when it comes to one of them.
I mentioned Vero before, but I really enjoyed her and Finlay's team dynamic. Finlay is lucky to have her. I mean, I question their choices, but they made a good team.
This book also ended with a tantalizing lure, so I'm curious to see where things go in the next book.
I received a free electronic copy for honest review through Netgalley and checked out a physical copy from my library.

BOOKCITEMENT LEVEL 4/5
Finlay, this is not a good idea.