I love the idea of these books but once I started reading, I remembered what parts is disliked about the last book.

The plot of a group of elderly assassins is equally hilarious and intriguing. These four women have a history together and a bond that I would hope not many friendships share. I love their friendship, their thought process during assignments and their allegiance to their careers. I don’t love the amount of times I had to google the language in this book and how many different cities and countries were passed through- it was so confusing. I literally have no clue where they ended up at the end of this book because so many places were mentioned.

I have to say the ending was not as predictable as I anticipated which was a fun little twist, but it seemed like it took way too long to get to a resolution. I enjoyed the first book more as a standalone.

This is the second book in the Killers of a Certain Age series.

I was so happy to be reunited with Billie, Helen, Mary Alice and Natalie as they take a break from retirement and kick back into assassin mode.

This time they are tasked with stopping a revenge plot, and yes, they are the targets. It is thought that the son of a former hit they made years back is taking out everyone who was involved in that hit and that they are being helped by a colleague from their mystery organization “The Museum”. Finding out who this mole is is the end game.

This book still has the Golden Girls meets James Bond vibe. I loved all the witty banter, action, and the family feels they give as a group of friends that talk about their relationships and history.

Billie is the narrator and once again they are on a cruise tracking down a killer, the descriptions of their get up are hilarious and the author does a fantastic job describing the situations they are in and how they are handling them, given that these women are in their sixties.

We also follow them to Montenegro, Venice and Egypt throughout this story, getting flashbacks as well from previous hits that tie into the current one. The flow of the book was great, pacing was also great.
I recommend you read the first book before you read this one, you don’t have to, they do work as stand alone too but there’s just something about being introduced to the 4 bad ass women and getting a feel for them in the first book that I feel makes the second book that much more fun.

Many thanks to @netgalley for this eARC!

This was even better than the first book of the series which I loved. I loved being back in the world with these hilarious and badass women.

I was delighted to see a book two in this series and hope there are a dozen more to come. I love these ladies and seeing how the stories blend and further develop who they are and WHY they are the way they are was just the cherry on top of a delicious sundae. It was just as good as the first and I'm ready for the next!

When I saw that this was coming out, I was excited! I loved "Killers of a Certain Age" to the point that I got several other people reading it, so this will be a fun book club book in March/April!

Why must people keep trying to kill these elderly ladies? Four retired assassins cannot seem to get out of the killing game. If you enjoyed the first book in the series, then you will enjoy this one even more. Filled with fun, humor, and intrigue, this book is a must read.

I really enjoyed "Killers of a Certain Age", especially since I am too! Really, really happy to get a sequel, "Kills Well with Others" and overall very pleased with it! The Fabulous Four sixty-something assassins are at it agin - very "Ocean's Eight" meets a certain "Murder Club" (IYKYK). Fun, and very entertain - I had a great time read it - a perfect sequel! Many thanks to the publisher and Net Galley for my advanced readers copy - my sincere pleasure to review it!!

I am so glad to see this series continue. The crew of retired assassins is back at it (always enjoy the flashback scenes too) and don't show any signs of slowing down. Thank you Netgalley.

I loved Killers of a Certain Age, so it was exciting to find out there is a sequel. Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie are once again called back on the job for an assassination and find out they are also being hunted. There is a mole in the Museum who sold them out to somebody who wants revenge for an old job. To fill the reader in on the backstory, we get a lot of flashbacks to the 1980s, which I really enjoyed and much prefer to a bunch of exposition. In the current timeline, the gals are on the move most of the time, first taking a transatlantic cruise and then a train through Eastern Europe. The storyline is good and just twisty enough, but the real treat is the interplay between the characters. I really enjoyed this book and hope Raybourn brings back our gals for another adventure.

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!