A review by myameegirl
Murder at the Book Club by Betsy Reavley

3.0

I was definitely torn with this book. I wasn’t sure about it in the beginning, but half way through I started to enjoy it. I’ve been into whodunits lately and this one didn’t disappoint. I even had a sheet with names and timelines so I could play detective and figure it out. All in all, I had fun with the story. All the women in the book club were strong, opinionated women; maybe a little TOO opinionated. Definitely nasty & self-absorbed. They could just NEVER be nice to each other. Books were never discussed because they couldn’t stop fighting long enough. For me, I wanted to read this and get that cozy book club vibe from it, not just constant arguing and pettiness. I did like the various perspectives. There were a lot of them but it fit with the plot and story so it wasn’t distracting or boring. One negative for me, and it’s really just a pet peeve, is that the author used a few past tense or Brit spellings that drove me crazy. “Learnt” “Leant” “Nowt”.
Anyway, overall, I found the book pretty entertaining and I’ll definitely pick up the 2nd book of the series. I would love to read and learn more about the two detectives, Barrett and Palmer. Their personalities complement one another so well & I look forward to getting to know their stories more.