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A review by booksthrilljessica
One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day
4.0
Charley is a maid. A maid who has been secretly skimming money from hotel guests while she cleans their rooms. But one can’t blame her too harshly, she is trying the best she can while being underpaid and having the responsibility of taking care of her grandmother’s nursing home bills. She is willing to do whatever it takes to provide for her nanna, even if she has to put up with her sexually harassing boss. But when he suddenly dies Charley hopes that the family who has chosen to stay at the hotel when the will is read will be more charitable.
As the family proceed to arrive they seem to have brought more than just a hurricane with them. When prophecies and ominous writing appear, jealousy, revenge and secrets cloud the families judgment that eventually result in murder. But who is to blame, what are the family's secrets? Charley must find out before she is the next to die.
Overall rating 4/5
Written in an Agatha Christie “whodunit” plot line I half expected Charley to gather the family around the sitting room to reveal the killer … or maybe she does. I would have loved more romantic tension or dramatic irony between the characters to give the characters more grit. If you love cozy mystery with a slightly more thriller vibe this book is for you. I was, however, a bit thrown off by the narrator who sounded stuffed up.
*Thank you to Jamie Day, Macmillan Audio, and Netgalley for the ARC copy. I am freely leaving my honest review.
As the family proceed to arrive they seem to have brought more than just a hurricane with them. When prophecies and ominous writing appear, jealousy, revenge and secrets cloud the families judgment that eventually result in murder. But who is to blame, what are the family's secrets? Charley must find out before she is the next to die.
Overall rating 4/5
Written in an Agatha Christie “whodunit” plot line I half expected Charley to gather the family around the sitting room to reveal the killer … or maybe she does. I would have loved more romantic tension or dramatic irony between the characters to give the characters more grit. If you love cozy mystery with a slightly more thriller vibe this book is for you. I was, however, a bit thrown off by the narrator who sounded stuffed up.
*Thank you to Jamie Day, Macmillan Audio, and Netgalley for the ARC copy. I am freely leaving my honest review.