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A review by nostoat
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I've read all but the last Veronica Speedwell book and I didn't even realize this was a Deanna Raybourne book until I finally looked at the cover properly. Watching her do a completely different tone and voice to the historical mysteries I so enjoy was enchanting. Not to mention the premise itself! If you liked this book, check out The Old Man on Hulu (and if you liked The Old Man, check this book out). I loved how competent and accomplished our herorines are, how fed up with everything they are at some points, how their lives feel lived and full. This is a book for anyone who likes reading about angry women, spies, and/or assassins; also, there are lesbians.
To touch on the tone and writing style again quickly I'm still so impressed by it. It's a slightly dry and very straightforward tone that really fits the subject of the book. And the banter between the women fits that as well, you can feel the history between them all. Deanna Raybourne definitely has a knack for writing bitingly clever and feminist women and I mean feminist in the best way possible.
TL;DR read this book for a fun time with four 60 year old assassins doing one last hurrah before retirement; and also there are lesbians.
To touch on the tone and writing style again quickly I'm still so impressed by it. It's a slightly dry and very straightforward tone that really fits the subject of the book. And the banter between the women fits that as well, you can feel the history between them all. Deanna Raybourne definitely has a knack for writing bitingly clever and feminist women and I mean feminist in the best way possible.
TL;DR read this book for a fun time with four 60 year old assassins doing one last hurrah before retirement; and also there are lesbians.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism