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★★★★☆ 3.85 • Goodreads

Genre

Subgenres

  • Cozy Thriller
  • Assassin Adventure
  • Golden Years Mystery

Tags

  • Witty Dialogue
  • Strong Female Characters
  • Aging Gracefully
  • Friendship Bonds
  • Empowering Adventure
  • Humorous Twists
  • Light-Hearted Action
  • Relatable Protagonists

If you loved The Impossible Fortune for retirees outsmarting everyone with wit, meet the deadly professionals in Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn.

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Why It's Your Next Read

  • Laugh-out-loud banter w/ zero forced jokes
  • Experience beats youth—satisfying spy-craft smarts
  • Friendship-driven adventure minus gore & darkness
  • Globe-trotting thrills that stay cozy & warm

If Richard Osman's clever retirees made you believe wisdom beats youth every time, wait until you meet four women who've been eliminating problems—literally—for decades. Killers of a Certain Age trades the retirement village for globe-trotting espionage, but keeps that same sparkle of wit, warmth, and unshakeable friendship you craved. These aren't amateur sleuths stumbling into murder; they're professionals who've earned their pensions in blood, and now someone wants them dead.

Intellectual fun without the gore, humor without the condescension.

Deanna Raybourn delivers the banter, the bonds, and the brilliant twists Osman fans adore, wrapped in a cozy thriller where experience isn't just valued—it's weaponized. Intellectual fun without the gore, humor without the condescension.

Because if you loved watching retirees outsmart everyone, imagine what trained assassins can do.

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What Readers Are Saying

"this one was a real pip! ...keeping me on the edge of my seat from start to finish." Kelly (and the Book Boar), Goodreads
"I loved this so much...It’s super fun...this was the first time I’ve read Deanna Raybourn, but it won’t be the last." Theresa Alan, Goodreads
"The voice is wonderful...you can't ask for more in a book." David Putnam, Goodreads

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