Author: Jody Gehrman
Publication Date: 11 August 2020
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Page Count: 320
Reading Method: Digital ARC
Synopsis:
June Moody, a 30-something English professor, just wants to get away from her recent breakup and reunite with girlfriends over summer break. Her old friend and longtime nemesis Sadie MacTavish, a mega-successful author, invites June and her college friends to a baby shower at her sprawling estate in the San Juan Islands. June is less than thrilled to spend time with Sadie and her husband – June’s former crush – but agrees to go.
The party gets off to a shaky start when old grudges resurface, but when they wake the next morning, they find something worse: Sadie is missing, the house is in shambles, and bloodstains mar the staircase. None of them has any memory of the night before; they wonder if they were drugged. Everyone’s a suspect. Since June had a secret rendezvous with Sadie’s husband, she has plenty of reason to suspect herself. Apparently, so do the cops.
A Celtic knot of suspense and surprise, this brooding, atmospheric novel will keep you guessing as each twist reveals a new possibility. It will remind you of friendships hidden in the depths of your own past and will make you wonder how well you really know the people you’ve loved the longest.
Review:
The Girls Weekend was a gripping who-dun-it that had me hooked from the start. I absolutely loved the dynamic between our group of friends. The setting was perfect – an island home behind locked gates.
Each of our friends were well written and had their own personalities… and motives. When Sadie turns up missing and no one can remember the events of the night before, we are left to piece the evening together through flashes of vague memories. Throughout the course of the story, there are so many little reveals that call into question the innocence of each character.
This is one of those books that is really difficult to put down. Each chapter leaves you wanting to know what happens next. While it may not have been the best mystery I’ve ever read, it was incredibly entertaining. There were a couple distinct moments where it clicked who the killer was, but there was still a bit of mystery to the actual reveal.
If you’re looking for a book to get lost in, I would definitely recommend picking this one up!
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