I believe this is the start of a series - it better be with the way that it ended!! - and I can’t wait to go along with Finlay’s next adventures.įair warning: this isn’t the most realistic of books - I know, I know, you’re shocked. It’s relatable.īeyond that, every character in this book was just a hoot her ex-husband and his new wife Vero, the nanny turned accomplice/sidekick Patricia the Russian mobsters.
I never felt like she really had a plan, and I loved that - she’s smart and she’s funny, but she’s also a huge mess.
So, honestly, I loved bumbling through this novel alongside her. Needless to say, I’d be tempted, just like Finlay was - huge paycheck that would end all of my problems and let me lord that I had my shit together over my scumbag ex for eliminating one absolutely terrible human from the face of the planet? Doesn’t sound too terrible, but I don’t think I could actually go through with it. I’m serious, it was an accident, but it sets us off an adventure that includes sod, hunky policemen, the Russian mob, cute bartenders, a completed book draft, and even more. The $50,000 she’s offered to kill someone’s scumbag husband is certainly tempting enough for her to explore that option - enough that she accidentally ends up with a dead body in her car. It’s clever, it’s over-the-top, and it’s just fun -despite the very dark subject matter.įinlay Donovan is a young divorcee with two kids, an empty bank account, and a looming book deadline, when she’s accidentally mistaken for a hitman in a northern Virginia Panera. And if you’ve read “Finlay Donovan is Killing It,” I think you’d say that description is 100% spot-on. Review: I never thought that I would find myself describing a book as an “enjoyable murder farce,” but well, 2021 is taking us strange places. Soon, Finlay discovers that crime in real life is a lot more difficult than its fictional counterpart, as she becomes tangled in a real-life murder investigation. When Finlay is overheard discussing the plot of her new suspense novel with her agent over lunch, she’s mistaken for a contract killer, and inadvertently accepts an offer to dispose of a problem husband in order to make ends meet.
She’s a stressed-out single-mom of two and struggling novelist, Finlay’s life is in chaos: the new book she promised her literary agent isn’t written, her ex-husband fired the nanny without telling her, and this morning she had to send her four-year-old to school with hair duct-taped to her head after an incident with scissors. “Finlay Donovan is Killing It” by Elle Cosimano
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