Finlay Donovan Is Killing It: A Mystery ( Finlay Donovan #1 )

Getting the job done for one single mom takes on a whole new meaning in Finlay Donovan is Killing It.   One of The Best Thrillers of 2021-- Suspense MagazineOne of New York Public Library's Best Books of 2021   "Funny and smart, twisty and surprising."--Megan Miranda   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