They're about to teach the Board what it really means to be a woman-and a killer-of a certain age. Now to get out alive they have to turn against their own organization, relying on experience and each other to get the job done, knowing that working together is the secret to their survival. Only the Board, the top-level members of the Museum, can order the termination of field agents, and the women realize they've been marked for death. When the foursome is sent on an all-expenses paid vacation to mark their retirement, they are targeted by one of their own. Now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on technology than people skills. They've spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can't just retire - it's kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller by New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.īillie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years.
Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon. "This Golden Girls meets James Bond thriller is a journey you want to be part of." -Buzzfeed
Better for her to fuss about snagged pantyhose than any of the thousand other things that could go wrong on their first mission, Billie decides.Description AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Helen is nervous and that means her eye for detail is hyperfocused, searching out things to worry about. Billie opens her mouth to argue and closes it again when she sees the tightness around Helen's lips. The run is so tiny only Helen would have noticed it. Please go change while you still have time.
Besides, they're supposed to believe we're stewardesses and no stewardess would be caught dead with torn pantyhose." Helen brandishes a familiar plastic egg. "It's an assassination, and you can make an effort to look nice. "My mother always says it's common as pig tracks to go around with a run in your stocking," Helen says, eyeing Billie's ripped hosiery critically.īillie rolls her eyes.
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