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Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls’ weekend away. They plan a trip to Atlantic City, but odds are—seeing as it’s actually a cover story to negotiate a deal with a dangerous loan shark, save Vero’s childhood crush Javi, and hunt down a stolen car—it won’t be all fun and games. When Finlay’s ex-husband Steven and her mother insist on tagging along too, Finlay and Vero suddenly have a few too many meddlesome passengers along for the ride.
Within hours of arriving in their seedy casino hotel, it becomes clear their rescue mission is going to be a bust. Javi’s kidnapper, Marco, refuses to negotiate, demanding payment in full in exchange for Javi’s life. But that’s not all—he insists on knowing the whereabouts of his missing nephew, Ike, who mysteriously disappeared. Unable to confess what really happened to Ike, Finlay and Vero are forced to come up with a new plan: sleuth out the location of Javi and the Aston Martin, then steal them both back.
But when they sneak into the loan shark’s suite to search for clues, they find more than they bargained for—Marco's already dead. They don’t have a clue who murdered him, only that they themselves have a very convincing motive. Then four members of the police department unexpectedly show up in town, also looking for Ike—and after Finlay's night with hot cop Nick at the police academy, he’s a little too eager to keep her close to his side.
If Finlay can juggle a jealous ex-husband, two precocious kids, her mother’s marital issues, a decomposing loan shark, and find Vero’s missing boyfriend, she might get out of Atlantic City in one piece. But will she fold under the pressure and come clean about the things she’s done, or be forced to double down?
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5 primary books6 released booksFinlay Donovan is a 6-book series with 5 primary works first released in 2021 with contributions by Elle Cosimano.
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4.0/5.0 It's just such a fun audiobook. Read the 3rd book and whatever but listening to the same characters and their silly things is more fun. Groundbreaking literature? Nah. Fast, silly light reading? Absolutely
Absolutely LOVE this series. Every book is a delight, full of crazy shenanigans and chaos. Vero and Finlay are the perfect main characters and have me laughing often. This book was no different and I was here for it. I cannot wait for the next installment.
I sincerely appreciate the author and NetGalley for the review copy.
I think I'm done with this series. The first two books were enjoyable reads. The more I think about the third, the more I dislike it and well, even though a lot is tied up in the fourth, it was a struggle to get to the end. Both for the characters in the book and for me to read.
This book was just too much. Too many characters. Too many plot lines. Too much implausibility. All too neatly tied up with a lack of consequences.
I realized in the third book that I cannot stand Finlay and my opinion hasn't improved. I stuck with this book because of Vero.