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One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose

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tini_bonasoro's review against another edition

4.0

Excellent book! It was a great audiobook, the character voices were perfect for the characters, there weren’t a ton of twists but it was great at keeping me guessing the whole time.

megantpetras's review

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

abbymac's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

readerkat8's review

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A murder set mongst prestigious (or at least rich...) Buckhead society ladies and their secrets.

This mystery is told by multiple narrators with one POV set in present day getting interrogated by a detective and the others set over the previous weeks leading up to one of their deaths - but you don't know which one until the very end.
Shannon - the former Queen Bee who has been dethroned by a mistress-stealing husband. Olivia - the new Queen Bee and Queen of secrets. Karen - married to the best plastic surgeon on the East Coast and a successful real estate mogel in her own right. Crystal, the Mistress-turned-wife. The husbands - Dean, Olivia's morally vague husband whose profession nobody is quite clear on; Bryce, the morally bankrupt and cheating politician; and Mark, the plastic surgeon seemingly uninterested in his marriage anymore.
And then there's Jenny and Keisha - the "help" who run the beauty salon where the ladies spend their time - and husbands' money.
The story follows the aftermath of Shannon's divorce, and Olivia's new reign as she usurps Shannon's place in Buckhead society and tries to turn all of their lives upside down. But as much as Olivia loves to take advantage of others' secrets, she is careless with her own.
This book is bonkers and over the top in the best possible way! The ladies are gloriously self-absorbed, especially Olivia, who is about the most narcissistic character I can remember reading. Really enjoyed the lead-up to the denouement, including

the reveal that Dean and Bryce are trafficking women and how the ladies all band together to kill Olivia and frame Bryce to entice Dean to kill him.

Very well done.
About the only complaint was the compressed timeline - it seemed like this took place over the course of a week or so, but such monumental things kept happening that it would have made more sense over several weeks or a few months.

I listened to the audiobook, and there were different narrators for each characters' chapters - really well done.