3⭐
Genre ~ mystery
Publication date ~ August 16, 2023
Page Count ~ 300
Audio length ~ 7 hours 37 minutes
Narrator ~ Lucy Scott
POV ~ multiple 3rd
Featuring ~ secrets, slow burn, (view spoiler)
Nicole, Margo, Paisley & Audrey are on a work trip together at Nicole’s Beach House for the weekend. They’re supposed to be brainstorming ideas for The Studio, but they didn’t discuss work once and all they did was eat and drink, which doesn’t sound like a terrible work trip to me.
We have The Party chapters from 6 weeks earlier which slowly lead up to a big secret.
So normally I love multiple POV, but since each character has a secret it took an awfully long time for those secrets to be revealed as we went from chapter to chapter. It did get repetitive at times and was a slow burn with a lot of ‘telling’ for quite a few long chapters, and finally we get more ‘showing’ and the chapters shortened up and we were heading at a faster clip to the conclusion.
Overall, I liked the setting of the secluded beach house with its atmospheric views, which is clearly shown on the cover. There were some tense moments, but I did have every single secret/twist figured out, which was unfortunate because I was hoping for a big zinger. I, also, feel the end was rather abrupt and left me with unanswered questions.
Narration notes:
I did not listen to this one, but am just giving the the info above for reference.
*Thanks to the author, Rachel’s Random Resources, Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
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It should have been the perfect weekend…
Work colleagues Nicole, Margo, Paisley and Audrey all appear to be looking forward to a weekend away at Nicole’s luxurious beach house on the Dorset coast. It should be a chance for the women to kick back, relax and regroup after a stressful moment at work.
But this is no normal girls’ getaway. And the beach house is no normal home. This place holds dark secrets for Nicole, which threaten to be revealed when its doors are opened.
And unbeknownst to host Nicole, each of the three other guests all have secrets of their own…and some of them could be deadly.
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Author Bio –
Nina Manning studied psychology and was a restaurant-owner and private chef (including to members of the royal family). She is the founder and co-host of Sniffing The Pages, a book review podcast. Her debut psychological thriller, The Daughter in Law, was a bestseller in the UK, US, Australia and Canada. She lives in Dorset.
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