Killers of a Certain Age

Deanna Raybourn

After four decades as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine organization, Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie are ready to retire—until an all-expenses-paid cruise becomes a deadly trap. When they realize they have been marked for elimination by their own agency, the women must draw on their hard-won expertise, ingenuity, and unshakable loyalty to uncover who wants them dead and turn the hunt back on their pursuers. Moving between their formative missions and their perilous present, the story blends espionage, mystery, dark humor, and propulsive action. It is also a sharp, celebratory portrait of female friendship, resilience, and competence at every age, told with wit and stylish confidence.