The third book in the Finlay Donovan series finds the titular character and her nanny/accountant/accomplice Vero yet again scrambling to get out of trouble with both some Atlantic City loan sharks and a jailed mob boss named Feliks. The sharks are coming to collect from Vero, while Feliks has tasked Finlay with discovering the identity of (and subsequently turning over to his goons) a gun-for-hire known only by their online handle: EasyClean. While these not-at-all-legal tasks are difficult enough, Finlay's close relationship with the local cops (her sister is one, and so is the guy that she's trying hard not to hook up with) has made it infinitely harder, especially when she gets roped into attending a sleepaway-camp-esque citizens police academy. Oh, and there's a dead guy and a stolen Aston Martin they have to deal with too. No biggie.
At this point in the series, it's nearly impossible to figure out what's going on without reading the previous books fairly recently...and I'll admit that it's been a while since I read the second book. Once I cottoned on to the plot, the book went quickly enough, though as the series progresses, I'm having more and more difficulty forgiving Finlay and Vero's antics, or caring about them as characters. Will I continue reading? I dunno... but if you dig madcap mysteries with mistaken identities and mafia galore, you'll probably enjoy this series.
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