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Killers of a Certain Age: A gripping, action-packed cosy crime adventure to keep you hooked in 2023
by Raybourn, Deanna
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1399712780
- ISBN 13
- 9781399712781
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Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hodder Paperbacks, 2023-03-09. paperback. Very Good. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). The copyright page has 'First Published in 2023' and only a 1 in the number line. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
Reviews
On Mar 2 2023, a reader said:
"'I wasn't expecting that. I should have stretched first.' The truth was, it had been some time since I'd wrapped myself like a pretzel around someone I was trying to kill, to say nothing of choking someone out. It's more a matter of leverage than brute strength, but you always feel it in your biceps and traps as soon as you're finished if you've done it right."
Killers Of A Certain Age is the first contemporary novel by best-selling American author, Deanna Raybourn. After forty years as highly-trained assassins, Billie Webster and the three other women who make up Project Sphinx surely deserve the Caribbean Cruise they've been given on their retirement from The Museum, an extra-governmental organisation targeting Nazis, drug dealers, sex traffickers and other nasty types.
But while she has turned sixty, Billie hasn't lost an ounce of her training, so she instantly spots the assassin. She and her friends quickly act to learn who his target is (them!!), then efficiently neutralise him. Shock that they are being taken out after their loyal service only galvanises their actions: they ensure that innocent souls will not be lost and make their way to safety. The aftermath includes a rather large explosion.
"For all our experience, we were used to the luxury of an entire organization at our disposal, ready to pluck us out of the field if we were in danger, prepared to clean up our messes, remove us from the line of fire. For the first time in forty years, we were on our own."
Putting their talents and resources to good use, the four make it to Billie's New Orleans safe house where they regroup and then work out what next. Learning the why of it is a priority; they contact one person they believe they can trust, only to soon find out they can't. But they do find out that there's a bounty on their heads. Quite why takes some more investigation, and they quickly realise that running and hiding is not really an option: they have to fight back.
It's truly enjoyable to watch these women being underestimated, both as old and as women, and then robustly proving that neither is a valid reason. This is a novel that will especially appeal to readers of a certain vintage, who will be pleased to see that these older women still have it, in spades, thank you very much! And the twist is excellent.
Any novel that starts with "AUTHOR'S NOTE Some of the dates are misleading; some of the names are lies. I'm not trying to protect the innocent. I'm trying to protect the guilty. You'll understand soon enough" promises a very entertaining read, and Deanna Raybourn certainly delivers.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton.
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- Bookseller
- M Godding Books Ltd
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- 273437
- Title
- Killers of a Certain Age: A gripping, action-packed cosy crime adventure to keep you hooked in 2023
- Author
- Raybourn, Deanna
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1399712780
- ISBN 13
- 9781399712781
- Publisher
- Hodder Paperbacks
- Date Published
- 2023-03-09
- Size
- 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime Thrillers Mystery;
- X weight
- 9 oz
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About M Godding Books Ltd
The business trades in a variety of on-line products. Our business is currently expanding its already large collection of books, and other media. Established in 2005, the business became M Godding Ltd in April 2006. It is a family run business trading from Devizes in Wiltshire, England. It aims for satisfied customers through a friendly and efficient service. Our book shop specialises in rare, older used books including many first editions
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