WENDY WALKER, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NIGHT BEFORE 'Clever, perfectly plotted, and laugh out loud funny, Finlay Donovan is Killing It is one of those books that will make you smile long after you've turned the last page.' KATHERINE ST JOHN, AUTHOR OF THE LION'S DEN 'A madcap thriller that will keep you flipping pages long past your bedtime!' 'A fun and madcap ride from beginning to end' This suspenseful romp made me laugh but also kept me on the edge of my seat with its many surprises. 'Funny and smart, twisty and surprising - Finlay Donovan is a character to root for. 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.įinlay Donovan really is killing it. 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. 'įinlay Donovan, single mum and floundering crime writer, is having a hard time. 'It is a widely known fact that most mums are ready to kill someone by eight-thirty AM on any given Monday.

'Proves you only need to get mistaken once for a contract killer to solve all your problems' LISA GARDNER 'If you want a summer read that's entertaining, funny and wholly original, this is it' W itty and fast-paced, this murder mystery is perfect for fans of Abbi Waxman 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.

Donovan is killing it