Two years after solving The Murder at the Manor, Detective Chief Inspector Chloe Taylor has another murder on her hands. A member of a local book club has been poisoned, but the motive for her murder is unclear.
Taylor’s initial investigation is hampered by the fact that one of the book club members, Rosemary Channing-Brearley, is a personal friend of the Chief Constable and a member of the Police Commissioner’s crime panel. The worst type of social climber, she lords her superiority over Taylor and the rest of the book club.
Two more brutal murders follow, both involving members of the same book club. Two suspects are quickly identified, and Taylor comes under increasing pressure to convict them based on seemingly compelling evidence. But the more her team investigates, the more convinced they become that dark secrets within the book club, and a deep hatred of Channing-Brearley, are key to solving the case.
As Taylor tries to balance the stresses of work with her husband’s desire for them to have another child, her resilience is stretched to the limit as she searches for the truth.
Can she solve the Murder at the Book Club?
What did I think?
I haven't read Murder at the Manor, the first book in the DCI Chloe Taylor Mysteries series, but you definitely don't need to have read it to enjoy Murder at the Book Club as I thought it was brilliant.
This is a very intriguing mystery with members of a book club seemingly being targeted and killed one by one, with the remaining members wondering who will be next. This should be an easy one to solve for the police as the book club is the only link but it's a lot more complex than that.
It's my first introduction to DCI Chloe Taylor and I loved her. What a fantastic well-developed character! Colin Wade brings Chloe and all of the characters to life with his vivid and descriptive words. I am hooked after just one book and want to read the previous book as well as all future books now!
Gripping, intriguing and compelling, Murder at the Book Club is an absolutely cracking crime & mystery novel and it's one I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.
I received a gifted paperback for the Insta Book Tours Instagram Tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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