ARC Review: Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn

Kills Well with Others
Author: Deanna Raybourn
Series: Killer of a Certain Age (Book 2)
Publication: Berkley (March 4, 2025)

Description: 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 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.

My Thoughts: 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. 

I received this one in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley. You can buy your copy here.