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This was a fast paced novel that I finished quickly over the weekend, and I would consider it a beach read despite the dark matter.

It was a extremely dark book, and it reminds me a bit of the television show Good Girls. With that being said, I was happy that I finished the book because there were parts that I ended up enjoying, but I'm not sure why people thought this book was funny. It was almost a "Did Not Finish" for me, but I didn't want to show up without finishing the book. I struggled with the first 125 or 150 pages of Finlay Donovan is Killing It because the premise of the book was so far fetched. I knew this book was a popular book but not one I would have picked up on my own despite it being in my favorite genre. This novel was chosen as the August read for the book club I belong to. Finlay meets with her book editor, and when they are overheard discussing the plot line of the book, Finlay is mistaken as a contract killer and accepts an offer to kill someone's husband inadvertently. Making it to lunch with her literary agent is a minor victory but, as she's discussing the plot of her latest crime novel, the conversation is misinterpreted by a woman sitting nearby as that of a hit-woman offering her services to dispose of a 'problem' husband.Īnd when the woman slips Finlay a name and a promise of a large sum of cash, Finlay finds herself plotting something much bigger than her novel.Īnd, after all, they do always say: write what you know.Finlay Donovan is Killing It (Finlay Donovan, #1) by Elle Cosimano opens with a stressed out single mother of two named Finlay Donovan, and her babysitter is a no show.

Her ex-husband went behind her back to fire the nanny, and this morning she sent her four-year-old to school with hair duct-taped to her head after an unfortunate incident with scissors. 'It is a widely known fact that most mums are ready to kill someone by eight-thirty AM on any given Monday.'įinlay Donovan, single mum and floundering crime writer, is having a hard time. Witty and fast-paced, this murder mystery is perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich and Maria Semple. When struggling crime writer Finlay Donovan takes on a life of crime normally reserved for her characters, she finds herself entangled in a real-life murder investigation.