You never want to be the asshole that leaves a message promising to kill someone for being late, only to find out they've already been murdered. Poor Finlay. She's a struggling author writing books no one's reading. Her two young kids are driving her crazy while her ex-husband fired the nanny. And on top of that, she's completely broke. When a meeting with her literary agent turns into a big misunderstanding about her being an assassin for hire, it seems Finlay's problems have only just begun

I loved it SO MUCH. This is a fun murder/mystery/comedy about a writer named Finlay Donovan who is discussing the plot of her next murder mystery novel in a Panera Bread with her agent when a woman overhears her conversation and thinks she’s actually a contract killer and offers her a huge amount of money to kill her husband. 🤯 This book is so FUN, I adore all the characters, it’s so fast paced I easily finished this within 24 hours cause I couldn’t put it down. I absolutely adore Finlay, Vero,

Finlay Donovan, Get Out Of Your Own WayFinlay Donovan is recovering from her divorce from her cheating husband. Her bills are piling up, and she is behind deadline writing her latest book. While meeting with her book agent, she is accidently mistaken for a contract assassin. Facing an expensive custody battle and her electricity being cut, what will Finlay do?After seeing 1.2 million positive reviews (give or take 1.2 million), I had serious FOMO when it came to this book. However (I know that t...

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It is a hilarious, ultra-modern Cozy Mystery that will leave you simultaneously on the edge-of-your-seat and clutching your sides with laughter.As a start to a series, it succeeded in making me fall in love with the characters. I cannot wait for more!Finlay Donovan is a struggling novelist. She is also currently single-moming two small children, as her jerk ex-husband left her for the hot Real Estate Agent he had been having an affair with.Making matters worse, on the m...

This was such a fun read and it definitely kept me engrossed! I found Finlay to be funny, resourceful, and endearing. At times she was eye rolling naive, but I went with it. She did make me laugh, often. Right now I think we could all use more laughing!!!Finlay writes murder mysteries, and she had been quite successful at it. However since her divorce, and juggling two young children and her house she’s had writers block. Her publisher is after her constantly to finish her next book. What will i...

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano Update: Feb 2022 will bring us book #2, Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead!This is one of those books where I would never do the things that the main character does but still I had so much fun laughing at her, her bad judgement, and her predicaments. Before the story even starts Finlay Donovan has gotten arrested for putting Play Dough in the exhaust pipe of her ex husband's lover/fiancee's tailpipe and been thrown out of and banned from Panera, for thro...

A page turner that had me laughing throughout. Finlay and Vero were like Lucy and Ethel in an episode of Murder She Wrote Gone Wild! There is a stressed out mom/author, a nanny, an ex-husband with a new fiance, a snoopy neighbor peering out her window on neighborhood watch duty, a murder for hire contract and a murder (Whoopsie)!!Original and sooooo much fun! I couldn't put it down. All the witty banter and shenanigans were funny, heartfelt and I was reeled right in. A mix of crime, comedy, a

OMG I LOVED this book! When the dedication page says...for Ashley and Megan because I would bury a body with either of you...well you know it is going to be good!Finlay is several things...a writer, a mom, a sister, a contract killer...who knew murder could be so much fun?! I sure didn't. Outrageous...sure!Funny...Yes!A unique plot that kept me glued to the pages...absolutely!Do I want more Finlay?....Yes, yes, yes please!!After being banned from Panera for bad behavior.. Finlay decided to meet

What a delightful and innovative storyline! Nothing like an assassin who doesn't want to be one.Finlay Donovan is going through a rough time. Her ex-husband cheated, got engaged to their realtor and now it’s trying to take custody of their two kids. Finlay's financial situation is dire. She can’t pay her bills!Finlay is a writer but since her divorce, she has not been able to write a word. She already used the advance she was given. If she doesn't deliver a new book, her suspense writing dream i...

i didnt find this as funny as everyone claims it to be, but its still pretty entertaining!the lack of supposed humour aside, the over-the-top nature of the characters really suits the whole tone of the story. it is in no way realistic, but its that absurd kind of dramatics thats fun to read about. i think it made finlay a great character and her relationship with vero is amazing - they make such a great team!however, the one thing that drove me up the wall is how every man is throwing themselves...

Elle Cosimano displays an assured light touch and deft humour in the first of her Finlay Donovan crime series. 31 year old Finlay is a divorced single mom with 2 young children, 2 year old Zach and 4 year old Delia, and rapidly becoming buried in all the troubles coming at her from every direction. She is a small time crime writer with an advance she can't pay back, she hasn't been able to write a word since her life descended into a fraught chaotic nightmare, the bills have piled up, her poor e...

"Finlay Donovan Is Killing It" by Elle Cosimano is an unexpected delight!Finlay Donovan is having a terrible, horrible, very bad day!Finlay is a newly divorced single mom of two who can't pay her bills. She's also a struggling suspense writer of books no one wants to read. All she wants this morning is for her two children to quietly eat their breakfast...and for their overdue nanny to ARRIVE NOW!Finlay has a lunch meeting at Panera with her literary agent, Sylvia to discuss her newest book and

This is delicious, extremely funny, smart, laugh out loud beginning of brand new dark comedy/ mystery series! Here’s my happy dance mood below: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMDmb-Tgl...We’re introduced a fresh, lovely character: A struggling, broke, drowning in debt, single mom, suspense novelist Finlay Donovan. She is sick of piling bills, her scumbag ex’s threats: how can she concentrate on her job and write a best selling crime novel but what if she accepts an offers which could solve her fina...

As soon as I heard that I wasn’t the only woman BANNED from Panera Bread, I knew I had to read this book! Ok, I am not REALLY banned, but I got your attention-as should this book! Finlay Donovan is killing it, is the FIRST in a new comedy-mystery series, about a Single Mom and struggling Suspense Novelist, whose Fiction MAY or MAY NOT BE, inspired by events in her own life. This one begins when a conversation is overheard in Panera Bread, by a woman at a nearby table, Patricia Mickler, who mista...

I was really expecting to love this one but I only ended up liking it.It's a fun but over-the-top, comedy and mystery. Finlay Donovan is a newly divorced struggling mother of two. She's a mystery and suspense writer that is suffering writer's block. She finds herself entangled in her own mystery that in turn helps her to write a hit novel!The story is original and I love the part Panera Bread plays in the novel. That was cute and funny but I didn't warm to Finlay right away nor did I find her al...

some people walk or talk in their sleep, i apparently rate books on goodreads. genuinely don’t remember deciding to give this a 4 last night, but i’m gonna go with it because i feel like unconscious reviews are the truest of them all?

You know that scene at the beginning of The Lion King where Rafiki walks out to the edge of Pride Rock and hoists baby Simba in the air to be presented to all the animals of the Pride Lands? The one where the opening chant of “The Circle of Life” blares in the background? "Nants’ ingonyama, bakithi, baba. Sithi hu ‘ngonyama.”Well I’m Rafiki and this book will be Simba anytime any of my suburban book club member friends (“SBCMFs”) ask me what they should read next in 2021. Not to say only SBCMFs

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February 2022: ⭐⭐⭐⭐This did not slap as hard the second time around.June 2021: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Reading Vlog: https://youtu.be/jdi1Pwma13wI AM OBSESSED!!!What an amazing ride this was. I was gasping and clapping the entire time. That ENDING!! I need the sequel. And it’s sequel. And it’s sequel! And the tv show. I am going to consume every piece of this series and anything this author writes in the future. Please read this. Please. I need to yell at everyone about this.