Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle CosimanoFinlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano
Series: Finlay Donovan #3
Published by Minotaur Books on January 31, 2023
Genres: Contemporary, Mystery
Pages: 304
Format: ARC, eBook
Source: NetGalley
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Author and single mom Finlay Donovan has been in messes before―after all, she's a pro at removing bloodstains for various unexpected reasons―but none quite like this. When Finlay and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero accidentally destroyed a luxury car that they had "borrowed" in the process of saving the life of Finlay's ex-husband, the Russian mob did her a favor and bought the car for her. And now Finlay owes them.
Mob boss Feliks is still running the show from behind bars, and he has a task for Finlay: find and identify a contract killer before the cops do. The problem is, the killer might be an officer themself.
Luckily, hot cop Nick has just been tasked with starting up a citizen's police academy, and combined pressure from Finlay's looming book deadline and Feliks is enough to convince Finlay and Vero to get involved. Through firearm training and forensic classes (and some hands-on research with a tempting detective), Finlay and Vero use their time in police academy to sleuth out the real contract killer to free themselves from the mob's clutches―all the while dodging spies, confronting Vero's past, and juggling the daily trials of parenthood.
From USA Today bestseller and Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun—the highly anticipated, hilarious, and heart-pounding next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series…

four-stars

review

The deeper I get into this series, the better the books become! Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano was, to date, my favorite of the series! Yes, there is still hijinx, but this time, it really isn’t Finlay’s (or Vero’s) fault. Blackmailed into finding the contract killer she found herself competing with last book, she decides to sleuth it out at the citizen’s police academy hosted by the love of my life, Detective Nick 😍. This was honestly the one book of the series so far where everything seemed to make sense. I suspected someone from the very start and had just the technicalities wrong. The actual culprit made sense and didn’t come out of nowhere like it did in book 1 or book 2. We seem to be settling into a rhythm within the series with everything starting to line up. There’s a little character twist, which I enjoyed, AND we get some moves finally being made between Finlay and Nick. Overall, I’m glad I’ve continued with the series since it honestly just keeps getting better.

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