The Girls Weekend - Jody Gehrman

The Girls Weekend

By Jody Gehrman

  • Release Date: 2020-08-11
  • Genre: Women Sleuths
Score: 4
4
From 295 Ratings

Description

“A brooding meditation on how friendships buckle when we resent other people’s success”—for fans of psychological thrillers by Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley (The Washington Post).

A riveting locked-room mystery about five college friends whose reunion takes a dark turn—and unearths even darker secrets and grudges.

Their reunion just became a crime scene . . .

June Moody, a thirty-something English professor, just wants to get away from her recent breakup and reunite with girlfriends over summer break. Her old friend and longtime nemesis, Sadie MacTavish, a mega-successful author, invites June and her college friends to a baby shower at her sprawling estate in the San Juan Islands. June is less than thrilled to spend time with Sadie—and her husband, June's former crush—but agrees to go.

The party gets off to a shaky start when old grudges resurface, but when they wake the next morning, they find something worse: Sadie is missing, the house is in shambles, and bloodstains mar the staircase. None of them has any memory of the night before; they wonder if they were drugged. Everyone's a suspect. Since June had a secret rendezvous with Sadie's husband, she has plenty of reason to suspect herself. Apparently, so do the cops.

A Celtic knot of suspense and surprise, this brooding, atmospheric novel will keep you guessing as each twist reveals a new possibility. It will remind you of friendships hidden in the depths of your own past, and make you wonder how well you really know the people you've loved the longest.

Reviews

  • So glad it’s over

    1
    By Melanie7877
    I have never wanted a book to finish more than this one. It’s basically one long conversation rehashing the same info over and over for hundreds on pages. It was good for about 2 pages near the end. Otherwise… this was just not it. I’m trying to give it more than 1 star, but I just can’t.
  • Hard to Put Down Page-turner

    5
    By marhay74
    I stumbled across this book in the discount section and it sounded interesting. Soo glad I did! Great characters, twisty plot made me read well past midnight.
  • Good read

    5
    By Dreamseeker26
    Four women who were friends in college get together at Sadie’s luxurious home for a reunion. They have a crazy drunken night, waking up with vague flashes of what happened. And Sadie is missing. There is blood on the stairs. Glad I found this book and this author.
  • AWESOME ENDING

    5
    By Muma4x
    NO SPOILERS GR8 quick read. Good plot. Interesting characters. So many possibilities as to what went down. Very relatable, realistic group of friends and all the drama associated with their friendships. The ending was a bit of a surprise, not totally unexpected but deeper than I thought. Enjoyed reading this book and recommend highly.
  • story was good

    4
    By velvet mc
    Characters were well developed and pace of the story was good
  • Good, but....

    4
    By AmbSlayer
    Story was fun, but c’mon, the reasons for not calling the police were just dumb. Easy read.
  • Read it!

    5
    By Lfinley3
    I came across this randomly and am so glad that I did! I couldn’t put it down, loved the characters and was surprised by the ending. To me that’s everything it takes to make a great story.