Review: Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Thanks you to Booklist and Minotaur Books for the ARC and the opportunity to review this title.

Finlay and her live-in nanny, Vero, are off to Atlantic City. Not for the girls’ weekend they desperately need, but to rescue Vero’s childhood love, Javi, and steal back their Aston Martin, both taken by someone from Vero’s past. Finlay is overwhelmed enough when her ex-husband, Steven, and her mother insist on tagging along, but when hot cop Nick shows up with Finlay’s detective sister, Georgia, and the FBI, the entire mission becomes ridiculously more complicated. That’s not including Finlay’s agent calling incessantly and the surprise of two dead bodies in a hotel bathroom. The usual amount of chaos ensues, including but not limited to an explosion, a man in chaps, a weiner dog named Kevin Bacon, and a $14 million flash drive. Finlay will need her trademark suspense-author intuition to solve another crime while staying under the radar. Cosimano’s fourth Finlay Donovan novel (Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun, 2022) is brilliantly plotted, bringing the witty humor and thrilling, nail-biting action the series is known for while also tackling emotional family dynamics. Cosimano knocks this one out of the park. Highly recommended for all fans of the series.

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