When the peace shatters in suburbia, the claws come out . . .
Coralie King, Emma Brooks and Twig Dorsett are friends. Sort of. They're neighbours on an exclusive Sevenoaks estate who get along. It's convenient.
But one May bank holiday, Coralie's husband insists he saw a panther on the bonnet of his car. And cracks between the elite of the Briar Heart Estate begin to emerge.
As the summer wears on and there are more sightings, the big cat frenzy reaches a fever pitch. Tensions between neighbours threaten to boil over. Everyone is watching their back. But is the real predator a seventy-kilo cat with razor-sharp claws? Or is the actual danger of a much more domestic variety?
What did I think?
Cat Fight is THE most difficult book to read on a readalong as I couldn't put it down. It's like Desperate Housewives with neighbours who don't really like each other.
Most of the characters have either secrets or history and if that wasn't enough of a hook, the chapters are interspersed with transcripts of people discussing them that made me put on my virtual running shoes and race through the book. I couldn't read fast enough to discover what everyone was gossiping about.
One of the neighbours claims that he saw a huge black cat that becomes known as The Sevenoaks Panther but it was dark and he's not the most reliable witness. When more sightings start being reported, you really start to wonder whether there is a wild cat on the loose but some of the neighbours' actions keep adding sprinklings of doubt.
I absolutely LOVED this book. I have seen Kit Conway referred to as the British Liane Moriarty and that is spot on. There is so much mystery, suspense and doubt to untangle to get to the bottom of the Mystery of the Sevenoaks Panther.
Intriguing, suspenseful and completely addictive, Cat Fight got its claws into me at the start and refused to let go until I turned the final page. Even then, I almost wanted to read it again as I read it so fast and might have missed things along the way. What an outstanding debut (yes it is, I had to check) - Kit Conway is an author to watch and Cat Fight is not to be missed.
I received a gifted ARC for the Insta Book Tours readalong and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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