Murder Among Friends – Book Review

DISCOVER A BRAND-NEW SERIES FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANICE FROST.

Meet Jane Bell. After her husband dies she leaves her job as a teacher to volunteer as a special constable with the police.

On her very first shift Jane is called to the scene of a murder. A young man has dragged himself to the top of Greestone Stairs to die. Following her instincts, Jane finds herself becoming very involved in the case . . .

For Detective Steph Warwick, specials have no place in a murder investigation — and this upstart rookie is meddling where she doesn’t belong.

The victim ran a group at the university teaching men how to pick up women. Jane and Steph must venture into a dark and dangerous world of online misogyny.

Steph knows about abusive men. But can she work with Jane to put this killer behind bars?

No. of pages:- 245 pages

Date published:- will be published on 5th November 2020

Genre:- Thriller

Thank You Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC of this book! This review is based on my complete honest opinion

Jane after her husband’s death leaves behind her teaching job and joins the police force. And while working on a shift, she discovers a body of a man name Mark Ripley who was being attacked and is dead. Detectives Warwick and her partner Elias are investigating this case and finds that Mark along with Adam and Phil are involved in some sort of a group where they train men on how to lure women. And while working on the case, Stephanie Warwick and Jane doesn’t seem to get along well…

The story was engaging and a bit fast paced though it was slow at first. I really like the character of Jane as she seems to be nice and friendly, getting along with everyone. However, to me, there was not much twists and turns you would expect in a thriller but otherwise, the story was OK and the ending was also OK. Not a bad thriller but a good one.

Overall, I would rate this book as four stars!

I am the author of five crime/mystery books featuring Detectives Jim Neal and Ava Merry. My novels are set in the fictitious East Midlands cathedral city of Stromford.

Dead Secret sees Jim and Ava pairing up to investigate the murder of a teenage girl. It is their first major case together and the two soon discover that they have very different personalities. Neal is intellectual and considered, Ava clever and occasionally reckless. Both are passionate about the job they do but have to work hard at being an effective team.

Dead Secret reached #13 in the Amazon Kindle Store, and the first sequel, Dark Secret reached #10. Both books spent several weeks in the Top 100. Her Husband’s Secret was published in November 2016, and the fourth book in the series, Their Fatal Secrets, in November 2017. The fifth book was launched in June 2018 and reached #55 on the day of its release.

I am originally from West Lothian in Scotland but moved to London in my early twenties. I lived and worked in the East End for ten years before moving to Lincolnshire where I currently live with my husband and two grown-up sons. When not reading or writing, I enjoy walking in the hills absorbing the scenery.

I am delighted to be published by the wonderful Joffe Books.