📖 peek insideFinlay Donovan Is Killing It
by Elle Cosimano
Finlay Donovan is a stressed-out single mother and struggling suspense novelist whose life is a mess. While discussing her latest plot with her agent in a public cafe, she is mistaken for a contract killer and offered a large sum of money to dispose of a problem husband. Desperate for cash, Finlay finds herself entangled in a real-life murder investigation. This fast-paced, funny mystery subverts genre tropes, offering a relatable protagonist who balances diaper changes with accidental crime-solving.
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Notable Quotes
"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 morning of Tuesday, October eighth, I was ready by seven forty-five. If you’ve never had to wrestle a two-year-old slathered in maple syrup into a diaper while your four-year-old decides to give herself a haircut in time for preschool, all while trying to track down the whereabouts of your missing nanny as you sop up coffee grounds from an overflowing pot because in your sleep-deprived fog you forgot to put in the filter, let me spell it out for you. I was ready to kill someone. I didn’t really care who."
"My Google search history alone was probably enough to put me on a government watch list. I wrote suspense novels about murders like this. I’d searched every possible way to kill someone. With every conceivable kind of weapon."
"It’s a widely known fact that most moms are ready to kill someone by eight thirty A.M. on any given morning."
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