Everyone needs a hobby…

Things haven’t been going well for Beth. Her husband has left her for one of her friends. Her fellow school mums judge her for swearing too much and not shifting the baby weight. And now she’s stuck in A&E after her son fell off the climbing wall on the first day of school.

In fact, things haven’t been going well for Beth since Charlotte died – her best friend, a favourite at the school pick-ups and the only person to ever run an interesting PTA meeting. But after being hit by a car while on an ill-timed evening jog, Charlotte is no longer there to help Beth pick up the pieces of her increasingly difficult life.

That is, until Beth discovers that Charlotte left her toddler alone in the house during that fatal run. The Charlotte she knew would never do something so irresponsible, and suddenly Beth is questioning whether Charlotte’s death was really an accident. With a newfound purpose and a glass of wine in hand, it’s time for Beth to uncover what really happened to her best friend. And what better place to start than the circle of chatty school mums, who can’t be as perfect as they pretend. But which of them is hiding something? Beth’s determined to find out. Once she’s put the kids to bed, of course…

My Thoughts:

I had high hopes for this read. Charlotte goes into a alcoholic spiral after her best friend dies. Nothing seems to be going right for her and she does not know how to rebuild her life. After hearing something about the day her best friend died, Beth knows something is not quite right about the way Charlotte died and she sets out on a mission to find out what really happened and to get justice for her friend. It started off ok, though I did find the story slightly boring to start with, it did pick up and the ending was good. The characters are not really likeable but that is what you need in this sort of story. It felt a little too mum friendly too me. Not really sure this book was for me.

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