I am grateful to NetGalley for an ARC of this title by Deanna Raybourn. I hadn't read anything by this author before, so I read Book One "Killers of a Certain Age" prior to reading this one so that I could understand the set up of these characters and what they do. These women were deadly assassins for a clandestine, international organization that eliminated unsavory people in various governments. However, at this age, they are supposed to be retired. Book two of this charming series brings them all back together on a new mission that carries them far from home.

What I love about this author is that her characters are well developed and very funny. As a woman of a certain age myself, they seem relatable to me in most ways (except that I'm truly not an assassin and I can't fight like that.). In Book One, they are not happy about retirement. In Book Two, they are called back into the thick of things and they are happy to oblige.

The author brings you back and forth in time, from their active days as younger women to the present situation at hand. For that reason, I think I am glad that I read this on Kindle rather than listening to it. I think it might have been a bit more confusing. I found myself laughing and also feeling sadness for some of the things they had experienced in the past and those things that were happening in the present. I did wonder if women my age would be able to withstand some of the physical elements described in this one, but I was willing to suspend my judgement and perhaps even felt inspired to get back onto that exercise bike or learn how to give and take a punch. It's a read that goes a long way toward empowering women who don't need men to rescue them.

I would recommend this book and do think reading Book One first is a good idea. I don't know if this author will write more stories in this series with our favorites Natalie, Billie, Helen and Mary Alice, but I do hope so. This was a 3.5 star read for me, rounded up to 4.

The senior female assassins are back in this sequel to "Killers of a Certain Age". The four women are happily called back out to a year long sabbatical to assassinate those who are killing agents and inevitably the four are also targets. This books gets a bit more into personalities of the four in addition to their very clever problem solving. It's both funny and suspenseful.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an early copy in exchange for an honest review.

Review: I really wanted to like this one. I do appreciate the perspectives of these women the humor., wisdom, light-heartedness, they add to the story. I struggled to feel connected in this one and to really care about the story. It feels like it got so close to being good but just missed the mark. I can't quite put my finger on what's off, I do there there is an audience for this though. Lovers of cozy mysteries and silly "killers" will enjoy this. I am glad books like this are becoming more common where we get "untraditional," main characters being bad a**. Let's keep that trend going.

The four female assassins of Killers of a Certain Age are back in Deanna Raybourn's sequel, Kills Well With Others. They narrowly survived an attack more than a year ago that followed their official retirement, but they are now bored and ready to get back into the assassination game. It's a challenge with ties to a former case of theirs, and it takes the ladies to locations throughout the world.

Again, we appreciate each one's specialty, and they are all impressive. What's more, they often go undetected because . . . well, you know how senior women are often totally disregarded. Each woman is distinctly portrayed, and we also get a welcome glimpse at others in their life--a loyal significant other, a supportive wife, and an impressive young hacker.

The story is familiar if you've read the first book. There is lots of case analysis by all four, and the action scenes are exciting and detailed. But I have trouble engaging with protagonists of any gender who kill for a living. Although I enjoyed both books in this series, and I can see how much fun the author had writing them, I prefer Raybourn's charming (and equally exciting) Veronica Speedwell historical mysteries.

My thanks to Berkley and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and provide an honest review of this book.

The girl gang of assassins is back at it again! This was a fun and exciting sequel to one of my favorite books, Killers of A Certain Age. Billie, Helen, Natalie and Mary Alice can’t seem to have a relaxing retirement and are once again being hunted. They need to track down their hunter and solve the problem of a mole within the Museum.

Like its predecessor, this book is full of high stakes action, mystery and humor. I liked the flashbacks of previous jobs and would honestly love to read a prequel with more earlier jobs. It didn’t quite live up to the 5 stars of the original but it’s a solid 4 stars that I thoroughly enjoyed.

The girls felt like old friends when I read this book and it was fun to go on another adventure with them.

Thank you to Berkley publishing and netgalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Our favorite retired assassins are back in the sequel to Killers of a Certain Age. When a former colleague is murdered, they are recruited in an off the books assignment to find out who killer her and take care of the problem.

The case has echoes from an earlier assassination conducted by the quartet. A child of their target has decided to get even. They need to find the intended killer before they are killed. There is also a tie-back to another case in which Nazi loot, including a very valuable painting by Raphael, was the focus of an investigation.

The four along with Mary Alice's wife, Billie's significant other, and a mentee are off to England, Italy, and Montenegro on the trail of the one who wants them dead and who is dealing for the long-missing art.

I enjoyed this story and the comradery among the four aging assassins. I liked the way they cleaned up problems from the past so that they could go on to a new future.

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!,