Published by Harper Collins
Publication Date: 26th May 2022
Genre: Womens Fiction
My thanks to publisher Harper Collins for giving me access to this book. The opinions I give here are my own and unbiased.
Book Description:
WE WERE DYING FOR A HOLIDAY
The six of us arrived on that beautiful Greek island dreaming of sun-drenched beaches and blood orange sunsets, ready to lose ourselves in the wild freedom of a weekend away with friends.
On the first night we swam under a blanket of stars.
On the second night the games began on our clifftop terrace.
On the third night the idyll cracked, secrets and lies whispering on the breeze.
And by the final night there was a body on the rocks below . . .
WHO WOULD KILL FOR IT?
My Thoughts:
Ever since I read Lucy Clarke's early book 'The Blue' (recently rebranded as 'No Escape') I have followed her work avidly. This latest book 'One of the Girls' was an auto buy for me, I didn't even need to read the "blurb" to know I would love it. With both wedding and holiday seasons in full flow right now this is a book you need to have packed ready for your down time.
Lexi and Ed are getting married. The perfect excuse for Lexi's best friend Bella to leap into action and arrange the best hen event in history. Unfortunately for Bella things start to go off course right from the airport terminal as she and partner Fen bump into one of Bella's former colleagues who blurts out information about Bella which she's been keeping close to her chest. This is the first of the cracks to appear over the holiday, each getting bigger and more traumatic to the group.
Every one of the girls in the friendship group is battling with some kind of secret or life event which they haven't shared with the others, whether it's recent or historical. Gregarious Bella goes headlong into situations without thinking through how her reaction will affect anyone else, then goes into a period of self-loathing which she reflects onto other people which just makes things even worse. The revelations just keep coming right the way through the book and the reader is kept in the dark as to who will become the victim of the story as described in the synopsis.
Lucy has described the scenery and overall atmosphere of the Greek island villa and local town beautifully, so if you don't want to take a trip to the area by the end of the book I would be amazed. Just maybe don't choose it as the destination for your hen event!
About the Author:
Lucy Clarke has a first class degree in English Literature, and is a passionate traveller and diarist. She has worked as a presenter of social enterprise events, a creative writing workshop leader, and she is now a full-time novelist. Lucy is married to James Cox, a professional windsurfer, and together they spend their winters travelling and their summers at their home on the south coast of England.
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