Finlay Donovan Jumps The Gun by Elle Cosimano (2023)
Here's a don't-miss, delightful book that'll be coming your way on January 31st, and SQ thanks NetGalley and the publishes for the advance read.....so we can tell you all about it.....
I should point out that anyone prepared to dive into the crazy world of Finlay Donovan should NOT start with this one, book #3 in the series. This is as far from a stand-alone as you can possibly get.
To fully savor and LOL at the full comedic madness of the Finlay-verse, it's wise to start from the origins of Finlay, a harried, divorced mom of two small children......she's kind of a mash-up of Stephanie Plum, Lucille Ball, and Nancy Drew. Through little or no fault of her own, she finds herself constantly mixed up with a powerful Russian mobster, contract killers, and assorted goons, crooks and police. She not only ends up juggling guys with the hots for her but some bodies to bury as well....literally....(don't ask.)
And Finlay's aided and abetted in all her escalating moments of screwball danger by Vero, her equally madcap, trouble-prone nanny and partner-in-chaos. They're a dream team of incompetent sleuthing and their hilarious efforts to get the bottom of things keeps you smiling and turning the pages at maximum speed.
The result is always the same in all 3 books.....a super fast and funny read whose last page leaves you hungering for the next one.
"Jumps the gun" finds our less-than-dynamic duo forced to honor a favor called in by Feliks the Russian mob boss.......identify and eliminate 'EasyClean' a mysterious hit-man whom Feliks has targeted for hitting. And who's EasyClean? Finlay and Vero think he's a cop, so off they go to a "Citizen's Police Academy",. It's a sleepaway camp for civilians who want to get to do cool cop stuff, as taught to them by real police officers.
Finn and Vero face quite a task.....figuring out who, among the unusual suspects of the Academy's staff of police instructors might be EasyClean.....and this even includes detective Nick Anthony, whose simmering sexual chemistry with Finlay heats up rapidly.
By this time, you can rest assured that multiple twists and turns will make this' foolhardy investigation go awry in all sorts of directions. But as I mentioned before, I'd consider this is a 4 star read (****) only if you've taken in the previous books...... ("Finlay Donovan Is Killing It", "Finlay Donovan Knock 'Em Dead")
Diving into this one to start with will only make you wish you'd caught up with Finlay from the beginning. Anyone who especially adores comedy-mysteries shouldn't miss any of these.
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