Friday, November 7, 2025

Beginning ~ on Tuesday, October eighth

Beginning
It's a widely known fact that most moms are ready to kill someone by eight thirty A.M. on any given morning.  On the particular mor-ning of Tuesday, October eighth, I was ready by seven forty-five.
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It (Book 1 of 6 in The Finlay Donovan Series) ~ by Elle Cosimano, 2022, humorous fiction, 376 pages

Finlay Donovan is killing it . . . except, she’s really not.  She’s a stressed-out single-mom of two and struggling novelist.  Finlay’s life is in chaos:  the new book she promised her literary agent isn’t written, her ex-husband fired the nanny without telling her, and this morning she had to send her four-year-old to school with hair duct-taped to her head after an incident with scissors.

When Finlay is overheard discussing the plot of her new suspense novel with her agent over lunch, she’s mistaken for a contract killer, and inadvertently accepts an offer to dispose of a problem husband in order to make ends meet.  Soon, Finlay discovers that crime in real life is a lot more difficult than its fictional counterpart, as she becomes tangled in a real-life murder investigation.

Fast-paced and wholeheartedly authentic in depicting the frustrations and triumphs of motherhood in all its messiness, hilarity, and heartfelt moments, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It is the first in a series from YA Edgar Award nominee Elle Cosimano.  (I already have the next two books in this series.)

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