- The daughter of a mom in a mental institution and a dad serving time
- The niece of three meddling aunts
- The aunt (and now legal guardian) of her beloved niece, Katie
- The friend of a snarky lizard, a dyslexic Doberman and a semi-psychic co-worker
- A contract killer.
That's about to change as she heads to the casinos of Atlantic City to help her sexy murder mentor, Patrick Mulligan, steal something from a professional thief.
Maggie's never been lucky in love or money. Will this gamble pay off or will she lose her shirt, her heart or even her life?
Maggie was recently in a car accident and her sister and brother-in-law were killed and Katie, her three-year-old niece and goddaughter, was left in a coma. Maggie works in the call centre of an insurance company and doesn't have the kind of money it takes to keep Katie in the high end hospital she needs to be in. So she becomes a contract killer. When Patrick, her murder mentor, asks for a favour, she can't say no. He needs her help to steal a flash drive that has incriminating evidence about him.
This is the third in the Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman series and I liked it. It can be read as a stand alone but as it's a novella, you should read the first ones as there are many references in this one that will make more sense and you'll have the background. I had my doubts about this series when I discovered Maggie can now carry on conversations with Godzilla aka God, Katie's tiny lizard, who Maggie takes care of until Katie recovers, and DeeDee, a dog she took in when she killed her owner. It sounded dumb but they are amusing and good friends and confidents to Maggie.
It's written in first person perspective in Maggie's voice and was humourous at times. I look forward to reading the others in the series.
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