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Kills Well With Others: Deadly Old Broads Part 2

Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn

April 7, 2026 by beereadsbooks Leave a Comment

At this point I’m a bit fuzzy on the finer points because I finished this book about a month ago. We pick up with our protagonists about a year or so since we left them. They have gone their separate ways again for the time being, and they’re still struggling to get their retirement from the Museum sorted out. Naomi – the new or interim new head of the Museum approaches them with an off-the-books job tidying up a mess that a mole in the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: adventure, assassins, Deanna Raybourn, menopause

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:13 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: adventure, assassins, Deanna Raybourn, menopause ·
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Backstory Can Be Relevant, Who Knew

Spy X Family vols. 14-15 by Tatsuya Endo

March 30, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Turns out that sometimes backstory time can be both interesting and maybe even relevant. Spy x Family is essentially an action-comedy where a spy has to create a family to get close to his mark; the gal he marries is secretly an assassin, the daughter he adopts is secretly a telepath (but she’s 6, meaning she understanding things not the conventional way a lot), and the family dog has some kind of foretelling (but is also a dog, and thus cannot speak people). For most […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: assassins, Aya Yajima, Tatsuya Endo, comedy, family, manga, spies, spy x family, tatsuya endo, telepath

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:16 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Speculative Fiction · Tags: assassins, Aya Yajima, Tatsuya Endo, comedy, family, manga, spies, spy x family, tatsuya endo, telepath ·
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Killers of a Certain Age: Damn, I love a competent woman.

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

February 8, 2026 by beereadsbooks 2 Comments

Killers of a Certain Age has been lurking on my TBR for a while. When I picked it up from the Libby app, I was searching for an audiobook option to help fill my ears while doing something with my hands – chores probably. Killers primarily follows four post-menopausal women – Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie – as they near retirement from a lifetime of service with The Museum. The Museum is an extra-governmental organization dedicated to assassinating the Bad Guys, and our heroines […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: adventure, assassins, Deanna Raybourn, menopause

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: adventure, assassins, Deanna Raybourn, menopause ·
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“She might be less than what she had once been, but she was still worth a hell of a lot.”

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

October 7, 2024 by NTE 2 Comments

The older I get, the more out of touch I feel with the twenty-something heroines in certain books. The romance genre especially has a lot of really young heroines, and my 45-yr-old self has a hard time, sometimes, not rolling her eyes at just how young they actually are/act, or how implausibly far away 27 feels at this point. Which is not to say that I am ready to read only the quiet, cozy mysteries that seem most populated by people older  – and still […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Featured, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: assassins, Deanna Raybourn, funny, killers of a certain age, mystery, spies, women

NTE's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Featured, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: assassins, Deanna Raybourn, funny, killers of a certain age, mystery, spies, women ·
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He went abruptly still. “Would you rather I stay dressed?” “Please don’t,” I blurted.

All The Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows

June 14, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“Slyly I said, “So you do like him.” Markel’s expression was pained. “He’s a familiar sort of stupid, that’s all,” he signed. “Like you at eighteen, but with better hair.” ― Foz Meadows, All the Hidden Paths All The Hidden Paths picks up a few weeks after the end of A Strange and Stubborn Endurance. Still grieving after the events of the first book, Cae and Velasin are summoned to the capitol by the Asa, Tithena’s queen. Cae is the unwilling heir of his grandmother’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: assassins, cinnamon roll protagonist, court intrigue, forced marriage, Foz Meadows, gay romance, plotting, queer romance, romantasy

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:55 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: assassins, cinnamon roll protagonist, court intrigue, forced marriage, Foz Meadows, gay romance, plotting, queer romance, romantasy ·
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The master spy, the assassin, the telepathic daughter and their clairvoyant doggy

Spy x Family, vol 1 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 2 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 3 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 4 by Tatsuya Endo

Spy x Family, vol 5 by Tatsuya Endo

December 29, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

Agent Twilight is the best spy in the business and he’s willing to do absolutely anything to protect his country. For his latest mission, Operation Strix, he needs to get close to high-ranking politician Desmond Donovan. To do this, he needs to be married and have a child and said child needs to be admitted to the prestigious Eden Academy, where Desmond Donovan’s son Damien is a pupil. Agent Twilight creates the alias Loid Forger, a clinical psychiatrist, to complete the mission. Since he has […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: adapted into TV, adventure, assassins, CBR15, comic book, family, fun, Malin, manga, mystery, spies, spy x family, Suspense, tatsuya endo, telepathy

Malin's CBR15 Review No:91 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: adapted into TV, adventure, assassins, CBR15, comic book, family, fun, Malin, manga, mystery, spies, spy x family, Suspense, tatsuya endo, telepathy ·
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