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New year, new Finlay Donovan. She's got a list of resolutions and she's ready to bite the bullet. But first, she owes the Russian mob one last favour - tracking down a rogue hitman with her nanny Vero, before the cops do. The small complication? This killer might be cop himself. Enter distractingly hot Detective Nicholas Anthony, whose new citizens' police academy provides the perfect cover-up for Finlay to sleuth out the target - and some fresh ideas for her crime novel.

Finlay Donovan - single mum, floundering crime writer and accidental hit-woman - is, once again, struggling to finish her crime novel. Ever since someone misinterpreted her talking about her new book, she has been busier than ever working as a hit-woman and taking on the life she usually reserves for her characters. On the bright side, the only dead body she's dealt with lately is that of her daughter's pet goldfish. On the not-so-bright side, someone wants her ex-husband dead.

Finlay Donovan, single mum and floundering crime writer, is having a hard time. 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. 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.

Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime, Vero, have not always gotten along with their elderly neighbour, Mrs. Haggerty - the community busybody and president of the neighbourhood watch. But when a dead body is discovered in her backyard and her house becomes an active crime scene, there's nowhere for her to stay . . . except at Finlay's, right across the street. Finlay and Vero have no interest in getting mixed up in another murder case - or in sharing their beds with Mrs Haggerty. But when police suspicions land on Finlay's ex-husband, Steven, they're left with no choice.

Finlay and Vero need a girls' weekend away... Some peace and quiet to negotiate with a dangerous loan shark, save Vero's childhood crush Javi, and find a stolen car. But Finlay's mother and ex-husband Steven are dead set on catching a ride to Atlantic City. At their casino hotel, the trip takes a nosedive. Javi's kidnapper, Marco, won't negotiate, demanding to know the whereabouts of his missing nephew, Ike. Then Marco turns up dead - leaving Finlay and Vero as main suspects in his murder.

Every nosy neighbor, gossipy friend, and meddling relative is just one good mystery away from becoming a detective. From behind locked doors or out in broad daylight, driven by chance or curiosity, amateur sleuths get in over their heads in these six hair-raising, hilarious stories.

A million problems arise when trying to flip a crumbling old Victorian. But Lyda, a newbie seller, and Dani, a TikTok-trained home stager, are fixated on one: the dead landscaper in the bedroom. The notorious lothario was one of many last-minute contractors swarming around, and now every jilted lover and business competitor is a suspect. It’s up to Lyda and Dani to close the case before the open house.

Veronica Ruiz is on the run for the first time in her life—though certainly not the last. After being falsely accused of stealing money from her college sorority, she packs up and heads to her cousin Ramón's apartment, planning to change her name and rebuild start over away from backstabbing girls and university drama (and far, far away from her arrest warrant in Maryland). At the local bank on the first morning of her new life, it occurs to Vero that she'd be a better bank teller than most of the current employees.

As immortal Seasons, Jack and Fleur wielded powerful magic in their roles as a Winter and a Spring. Yet there wasn’t magic strong enough to keep them apart and they risked everything for their love, for the freedom to live their lives as they choose together. That choice came at a cost and Jack had to sacrifice his Winter magic and his immortality. Although he’d do anything for Fleur, he can’t deny the emptiness he’s felt since.

Life hasn’t been easy for Finlay Donovan lately, but it just got a whole lot harder. Her nanny and partner-in-crime, Vero, has been extradited from Virginia to Maryland, where she’s facing criminal charges for a theft she swears she didn’t commit. A prisoner to an ankle bracelet as she awaits her trial, Vero is forced to live with her overbearing mother and nosy aunt. Threatening messages keep arriving on her mother’s door, demanding Vero “turn over the money . . . or else.”

One cold, crisp night, Jack Sommers was faced with a choice – live forever according to the ancient, magical rules of Gaia, or die. Jack chose to live and in exchange he became a Winter – an immortal physical embodiment of the season on Earth. Every year, he must hunt the Season who comes before him. Summer kills Spring. Autumn kills Summer. Winter kills Autumn. And Spring kills Winter. Jack and Fleur, a Winter and a Spring, fall for each other against all odds.

Depuis qu’elle s’est découvert un talent particulier pour retirer les taches de sang de ses vêtements, Finlay Donovan, autrice à succès et mère célibataire, en voit de toutes les couleurs. Et ce n’est pas fini ! Lorsqu’elle s’est retrouvée contrainte d’" emprunter " une voiture de luxe avec sa nounou et partner in crime, Vero, la mafia russe les a sorties d’affaire et désormais Finlay lui est redevable. Derrière les barreaux, le boss de la mafia, Feliks, qui continue de faire la loi, a une mission à lui confier : retrouver un tueur à gages.

Cuando alguien escucha en un restaurante la conversación de Finlay con su agente sobre la trama de su nueva novela de suspense, la confunden con una asesina a sueldo, y Finlay acepta sin darse cuenta una oferta para deshacerse de un marido tóxico, cuya recompensa le permitiría llegar a fin de mes. Pronto Finlay descubre que los crímenes de la vida real son mucho más complejos que en la ficción, especialmente cuando se ve implicada en la investigación de un caso real de asesinato.

Finlay Donovan lever et dødlækkert liv … Men det er måske lidt kaotisk. Hun er enlig mor til to, og hun arbejder hårdt på sin forfatterkarriere. Indimellem er det lidt svært at leve op til alle forventningerne: I morges måtte hun sende sin fireårige datter i børnehave med sit hår tapet fast til hovedet efter et uheldigt møde med en saks, og Finlays nye bog er langt fra færdig. Da hun ved et frokostmøde præsenterer sin spændingsroman for sin agent, bliver hun overhørt af en gæst i restauranten, der antager, at Finlay er lejemorder.

Un cosy mystery haletant, une intrigue et un suspense extrêmement bien construits, une héroïne haute en couleur… retrouvez Finlay Donovan la plus attachante des tueuses à gages !

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