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Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
The Finlay Donovan Series · Book 1 · 2021
A stranger overhears novelist Finlay Donovan talking to her agent and offers her $50,000 to kill a husband. Finlay is struggling with money, divorce and custody worries, but she has no intention of becoming an assassin. The misunderstanding still pulls her into a real murder case.
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What makes it funny?
Finlay’s suburb looks idyllic until her morning supplies the details: sticky children, a coffee disaster and a preschool haircut that has gone badly wrong. Even the revenge she imagines taking on her ex involves a toddler’s dirty diaper.
The comedy at work
The mistaken-assassin setup becomes a farce in which ordinary responsibilities keep demanding attention during criminal trouble. Parenting, work deadlines and nanny arrangements remain practical problems even when Finlay has a body to deal with.
Try this if…
A resourceful nanny helps an overwhelmed single mother through an improbable caper. Romance accompanies the suspense, and the antics ask for considerable suspension of disbelief.
Good to know
The playful treatment includes sexual violence, drugging, revenge pornography and abusive relationships. Publishers Weekly cautions that some readers may find the light handling of those subjects uncomfortable.
A few distinguishing details
- A struggling novelist is mistaken for a contract killer
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