Killers of a
Certain Age is about four 60-year-old female assassins. Just as they’re retiring
from “the biz,” they discover the organization they’ve worked for 40 years has
sent an assassin after them. Using the skills they’ve honed over the years,
they set out to find who ordered the hit and why.
Books about female assassins are not unique. What makes Killers of a Certain Age
special is that the main characters are active, vibrant, 60-year-olds who kick
some serious ass. It’s witty, funny, and full of heart. As I get older (ahem), I
appreciate reading about mature characters in exciting, action-oriented
stories.
Not only is this my favorite book this year, it is one of my all-time favorite books. This is a book that
I will reread!
Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon.
Billie, Mary Alice, Helen and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. But now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates their real-world resourcefulness in an age of technology.
When the foursome is sent on an all-expenses-paid trip to mark their retirement, they are targeted by one of their own. Only the Board, the top-level members of the Museum, can order the termination of field agents, and the women realise they've been marked for death.
When
Claire’s abusive, powerful politician husband sends her out of town, she
intends to use the opportunity to leave him and disappear. But a last-minute
itinerary change foils her plans and alerts her husband that she intends to leave
him.
In a chance encounter, she meets Eva, who is also looking to escape. Thinking
they can solve each other’s problem, the two women swap identities and tickets
and board the other’s plane. But
Eva’s plane crashes, leaving no
survivors. Claire realizes the tragedy might be her true ticket to freedom
—until she discovers the secrets Eva left behind.
This
book kept me on the edge of my seat until the last page. Everything about The
Last Flight is top-notch: the plot, the twists, the characters, the pacing,
the setting details, and the writing. I was sorry when I finished reading it.
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY BESTSELLER, & INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! "The Last Flight is thoroughly absorbing-not only because of its tantalizing plot and deft pacing, but also because of its unexpected poignancy and its satisfying, if bittersweet, resolution. The characters get under your skin."-The New York Times Book Review Two women. Two flights. One last chance to disappear. Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, nothing is…
Vera
Wong is an outspoken, opinionated, but lonely lady. Her adult son has no time
for her. Her once thriving tea shop is frequented only by a single regular customer.
The 60-year-old widow is looking at life in the rear view mirror until she
finds a dead man on the floor of her shop.
The
sexagenarian now has an exciting mystery to solve, and she believes she’ll be
much better at it than the police. Vera Wong’s Unsolicited
Advice for Murders is more than a cozy mystery, it’s a story about friendship
and family dynamics.
It’s a witty, fun, and often poignant story. It hooked me
from the beginning and held my interest throughout. I hated saying goodbye to
the characters when I finished the book.
A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties.
Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up to.
A space cruise seems like the vacation of a
lifetime until Holly Winter gets abducted by aliens and ends up on a slave
ship. She manages to escape, only to be kidnapped again by a huge horned and furry alien who claims to be a
prince.
At odds at first, Holly and
Aeon quickly discover that being friends and
working together offers more benefits than fighting on a hostile, dangerous planet. But can two lovers from
different worlds defeat the forces against them and find happiness together?
Alien
With Benefitsis a forbidden love, alien abduction
romance. It’s the first book in the Forbidden Bonds sci-fi romance series.
