Our middle age assassins are back and just as good as before. Billie’s personality is far stronger than the other three and sometimes I can’t tell the other women from the other. Some of the travel sections dragged but overall the pacing was good. I’m always a fan of nazi hunting and recovering stolen art. Yes, there’s bits of gore—they’re assassins—but Billie’s observations are so sharp that’s what I remember more. Deanna Raybourn’s voice is *chef’s kiss*. I think you should read book 1 to fully enjoy this one, and if you haven’t read book 1, why on earth not?

If you loved Killers of a Certain Age, you'll love this one, too! I really enjoyed this (though content warning for like, a LOT of on-page violence), and really enjoyed being back in the world of these four women, bonded for over 40 years as a team of assassins (but only against bad guys!), and still doing what they do even after their agency attempted to off them in the first book of this series. I liked getting to know the characters even more, particularly things about the non-assassin parts of their lives, the mundane things like their cats and their yoga practices and their home renovation projects. Once again, they're being hunted in this one, and they try to take some preemptive action to protect themselves that doesn't go as planned. I found this fast-paced, interesting, and I enjoyed the intermittent visits to their past assignments that helped tie threads of the story together. I would recommend to fans of Raybourn's other books and also for fans of my beloved Polish Netflix series The Green Glove Gang.

Another fun book from Deanna Raybourn. The gang is back in this Golden Girls meets Charlie’s Angels novel. Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie may be retired but that doesn’t mean they can’t handle their own still. When they’re recalled to take on an off the books job for organization known as The Museum, they’re ready to tackle a challenge that spans all the back to some of their first missions. Someone on the inside is leaking data, and the four senior women are determined to uncover the culprit. The mission will take them back into the past but with their experience, they’re most certainly up for the job.

I adored the first book, and I’m thrilled it’s becoming a series. I love a good bunch of senior ladies not acting their age. I mean age is really just a number, right? We dive a lot more into Billie’s past this go around and while I enjoyed getting to learn more about her, I thought it slowed the story down a bit. Killers of a Certain Age was a page- turner, and I had a hard time putting it down, Kills Well With Others while entertaining, wasn’t as compulsive of a read. It’s still filled with plenty of humor, action, and snark – Kills Well with Others is a fast & fun read.

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If you are looking for an action packed thriller then you need to check this one out. I think that this is a well done book that sheds light into the fact that just because we are aging doesn’t make us incapable or useless

Four retired assassins in their sixties are once again on the run, as a past hit puts them in the sights of an unknown vengeful killer. And they really thought retirement was going to stick this time! I love the four very different women, their relationships to each other and their reaction to their work and life choices. Fun every time!

I love these 60+ women assassins! What a great group of characters, and I enjoy the inventive solutions they come up with. The European setting was excellent, and I liked the basis in the Nazi art looting. I can't wait for the next book in the series.

A thoroughly delightful sequel to KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE. A perfect book to tuck into a bag for travel or beach reading. The characters, mysteries, chases, and banter are all top-notch. Cannot possibly recommend more highly

I thoroughly enjoyed Killers of a Certain Age, so I was delighted to find out we were getting another installment. In this case, rather than being pursued by their own agency, this deadly group of "retired" ladies are threatened by someone from their past with a grudge. This was just as much fun as the first book; these smart, funny women are an absolute hoot. Quick paced, but with a lot of heart, following our bad-ass foursome through the years of their career makes you wish you could be half as cool as them.

Deanna Raybourn has written a highly intelligent and often times hilarious murder mystery about an older set of female assassins. I loved each of these women for their outlook, vigor, witty repartee but I especially admire Deanna Raybourn for creating “those who can and those who will.” As Billie is remarking that “Just once, I’d like to kill a gentleman” - Mary Alice is opining that a gentleman probably wouldn’t need killing while Helen is preparing the weapon and Natalie is using sleight of hand to deliver what is supposed to kill their target. Teamwork or maybe it is going to mean Plan B. These four women are extraordinary and fun. They treat each other as sisters, bickering as they plan the best method to kill the next target. They are experts in the use of disguise including wearing incontinence pants and turquoise Chuck Taylors - nothing is sacred while everything is au courant. Mary Alice has a wife, Billie has a lover and all these characters blend beautifully.

Special mention for including interesting historical asides and obscure locations that helped flesh out each part of the story. Savonarola - really?! Woe is me that I have not yet read the first installment in this series which I plan to remedy in the very near future. Many thanks to Berkeley and NetGalley for this ARC.

As a huge fan of “Killers of a Certain Age” I was thrilled to see a sequel was coming out. And “Kills Well With Others” did not disappoint! It was full of humor, complex yet strong friendships, and of course badass older ladies! It’s a perfect read if you want to be swept up in an exciting world of subterfuge and murder.

The gang is back! This time the ladies are trying to tie up loose ends from a botched job from years ago. Funny and action-packed just like the first book. Great for fans of Richard Osman.

This was a fun one, I really love these characters! Having upper middle-age female assassins is truly unique. They are sassy and each so different, but also totally realistic and believable. As these ladies jet sat around the world, the reader gets plenty gorgeous setting descriptions. Talk about armchair traveling!

With that being said, I didn’t love this one as much as the first book. I enjoy the setting and of course getting back into their whole badass world, but book 2 had a lot of action scenes, so many that it made the plot feel flimsy. I also personally find action scenes tedious to read, especially when they’re back to back. Once in a while, I read a book and think that it would make a better movie. This was one of those situations.

Overall, I did really enjoy the book. And if and when the third book comes out, I will definitely be reading it!

I received a free digital copy from the publisher, all opinions are my own.

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The assassins of The Museum are back and have targets. The story is detailed to the max in the showing all of the minutiae of preparing and executing (couldn't help that one) the operation. The characters are clearly depicted both in physical and personalities. Loved this one, too!
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I fell in love with the first book in the series so I was ECSTATIC to see that there was a sequel coming out!!! I told all of my girlfriends to read Killers of a Certain Age and I will tell them all to read the sequel! I appreciated Raybourn's sense of humor throughout both books. This story jumps around a little bit to add context and clues from the women's past adventures together. This was such a fun read and all who liked the first book will enjoy returning to another adventure with our four favorite femme fatales.

Kills Well with Others is a fantastic sequel to Killers of a Certain Age, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's always tricky to follow up a successful book with the same cast, but Deanna Raybourn pulls it off beautifully. The characters I grew to love in the first book are just as compelling and vibrant in this sequel, and their dynamics continue to be a highlight.

Raybourn maintains the perfect balance of suspense, humor, and heart, and the story flows effortlessly. I was both entertained and pleasantly surprised by how well the characters’ relationships were developed and deepened. The plot keeps you engaged without losing the charm and wit that made the original so fun.

Overall, Kills Well with Others was a delightful continuation of the series, and I’m thrilled to see these characters continue their adventures. It’s a rare sequel that lives up to the first book, but Raybourn definitely succeeds here.

In this sequel to Killers of a Certain Age, our four favorite golden assassins are called back in to action when their is a suspected mole in their former organization. This time, their loved ones are coming along for the ride so that they don't find themselves in harms way.

A great, easy reading thriller for fans of the Thursday Murder Club or Raybourn's other series, Veronica Speedwell. The books takes you all over the world at a very fast pace and the characters are very well written and surprisingly likeable for professional killers.

I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for the copy of this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the author's previous book, which presented the adventures of a group of retired professional assassins, and I was excited to hear about the publication of the continuation of their adventures.

The time spent with Kills Well with Others was a great pleasure. I am very grateful to the author for the refreshing idea of making "women of a certain age" the main characters. This is not something you come across often. The heroines of the story, drawn with humor and great sympathy by the author, result in the creation of a very interesting group of characters whom it's hard not to like and whom you root for from the very first page of the book.

I eagerly await the next installment in the series.

Thank you Netgalley for this enjoyable book. I was a fan of the first book and this one was not my cup of tea. Something felt off about the characters this time around and the book didn’t seem to click as well as the first.

I loved the first in this series and the second was just as great! The writing is so witty and the pacing is fantastic. I would highly recommend reading the first in the series before this one for full enjoyment.

Kills Well With Others is another fantastic book featuring a team of sassy female assassins in their sixties.

Fist pump in the air was my reaction when I got this ARC. I loved the first book, Killers of a Certain Age, and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this second book. I was not disappointed. This book picks up about a year after we last saw Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie, four members of a shadowy organization called The Museum. They are highly trained assassins who take out bad people in the world in an effort to make it better for everyone. Except now they are in their sixties. Don’t let that fool you, though; these women are still badass.

This time, the ladies are looking for a criminal mastermind who seems to have connections inside The Museum and is taking out agents - and they seem to be next on the list. It’s a fight for their own lives as they trek around the world to solve the mystery and take out the threat. Interspersed with this present-day adventure are chapters from the past where we get more insight into the Museum, the training the ladies had, and a past case that seems to be connected to the current case. I loved these views of the past. They really help fill in the blanks for the reader as well as develop the characters further.

And the characters are wonderful. Each of them are just terrific. I particularly love their squabbles amongst each other, as only the oldest of friends can have. As with the last book, a lot of it focuses on Billie. She’s the one we really get to know. And it’s not all action and comedy. There are several surprisingly tender moments as Billie reflects on her life and what she has accomplished, and what she sacrificed to do it. Although this book could be read as a standalone, I would recommend reading Killers of a Certain Age first. There are some throughline plot points that will be better understood that way.

The pacing is so well done. The book starts with a bang and doesn’t let up. I didn’t want to put it down because I wanted to know what would happen next. The mystery takes them all over the world, and Deanna does a great job of describing each location. I felt like I had taken an around-the-world trip right alongside the boss ladies.

Kills Well With Others is the perfect, all-engrossing read to get lost in over a winter weekend.