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    Murder at the Book Club: A Gripping Crime Mystery that Will Keep You Guessing
    Murder at the Book Club: A Gripping Crime Mystery that Will Keep You Guessing
    Murder at the Book Club: A Gripping Crime Mystery that Will Keep You Guessing
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    Murder at the Book Club: A Gripping Crime Mystery that Will Keep You Guessing

    By Betsy Reavley

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    Something bad is brewing among a friendly group of book lovers: “A deliciously Agatha Christie-style mystery that sucks you in from the first page.” —Sibel Hodge, bestselling author of Look Behind You

    Imagine nine women meeting. Tea and cake are on the coffee table. They’ve come together to share their love of books. They are friends. They trust each other. It’s a happy gathering. What could be more harmless?

    Then scratch the surface and look closer. One is lonely. One is desperate. And one of them is a killer. When the body of a woman is discovered on a Cambridge common, DCI Barrett and DI Palmer are called in to investigate. But the motive behind the crime isn’t clear—and it all leads back to a book club. As the lies, volatile friendships, and tension among the group rise to the surface, DCI Barrett and DI Palmer must work out the motive and track down a cold-blooded killer. But just when they think they’re on the right track, a twist in the plot throws them off course . . .

    “Will keep readers guessing till the very end!” —J.A. Baker, bestselling author of The Other Mother

    “A deliciously devilish whodunit!” —Robert Bryndza, bestselling author of the Detective Erika Foster series
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateAug 7, 2018
    ISBN9781504071505
    Murder at the Book Club: A Gripping Crime Mystery that Will Keep You Guessing

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    • 1/5
      Really boring murder mystery. It's got a bunch of absolutely dislike able charachters, and the police are really flat and one dimensional.
      Recommended :?
    • 2/5
      My Goodreads review:
      Awful characters and one of them calls everyone "chick" and the more likeable granmama (Marion) calls everyone "pet". The first term grates my nerves.

      Just the bottom of the barrel. I think Betsy doesn't like old people and that's annoying; why bother to right about them if each page littered in "the aging couple" this and "the pensioner" that. To be honest I had gone into this book thinking the characters would be in their late 20s and possibly late 30s - the cover just eluded to that. Still, I can read about middle age and older people BUT when you make every character a hellspawn brimming with bile ... kinda hard to enjoy the book.

      What did I like...what did I like...let's see

      1. It was short, I don't think I would have continued if the end wasn't comfortably in the horizon.

      2. I guess I liked the food littered throughout the pages. People were cooking sphagetti Bolognese on one page and devouring chocolate cake on another. There was roast beef, sizzling steak and Dominos Pizza. Some sandwiches had cameo appearences and chocolate had a recurring role.

      3. The case had potential to be really good but even the police department was packed to the rafters with jackasses with the exception of Emily Hale or is her name Elly or Ella - see what I mean? Was it Elly Parker? I can't be bothered.
      I mean as murder mysteries go this one was NOT average - I literally hated everyone I was meant to care about. Maybe Amy was bearable.
    • 3/5
      It was a good read. I wouldn’t call it a gripping thriller. It didn’t keep me on the edge of my seat. Average read.
    • 4/5
      It was entertaining enough to keep me reading, I didn't know who did it until right before they revealed it so that's a bonus. If you're one of those people that have to like the characters , you might have a hard time with this one because most of them aren't that likeable, I enjoyed the mystery aspect of the story . This was slightly better than the average mystery/ thriller/domestic drama 3.5 stars rounded up
    • 2/5
      Very poorly written, so much description. Quite an abrupt ending.
    • 3/5
      Not too engaging. The multiple characters without being fleshed out didn’t distinguish themselves from each other. Flimsy excuse for being in a book club together. Did read to the end to find out “who dun it.”
    • 2/5
      Inconsistencies, hateful people

      When Toni, a disliked member of a book club, turns up murdered, it's up to the police to solve the crime. When a second book club member turns up dead, however, the police are as baffled as the rest of the frightened remaining book club members.

      Unfortunately, this book failed to do it for me. I struggled remembering the characters or even determining who the main characters were half the time. Maggie seemed minor, but suddenly became the focus at the end, while Barbara was given a brief scene that ultimately went nowhere. Others were virtually indistinguishable from one another and their personalities seemed to shift. At one point, Amy is saying vicious things to the other women, then suddenly becomes an almost pleasant person.

      There were also some parts that - despite being written by a woman - felt really sexist. At one point, this is coded into the detective's character, which is fine; characters can, and should be, flawed. But other times it was embedded within the narrative.

      All in all, a miss for me.

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