Happy Release Day!
Congrats Jamie
on the release today of
One Big Happy Family!
One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day
Mystery Thriller, 368 pages
Published July 16, 2024 by St. Martin's Press
The newest, riveting summer suspense by the author of The Block Party, Jamie Day.
The Precipice is a legendary, family-owned hotel on the rocky coast of Maine. With the recent passing of their father, the Bishop sisters—Iris, Vicki, and Faith—have come for the weekend to claim it. But with a hurricane looming and each of the Bishop sisters harboring dangerous secrets, there's murder in the air—and not everyone who checks into the Precipice will be checking out.
Each sister wants what is rightfully hers, and in the mix is the Precipe's nineteen-year-old chambermaid Charley Kelley: smart, resilient, older than her years, and in desperate straits.
The arrival of the Bishop sisters could spell disaster for Charley. Will they close the hotel? Fire her? Discover her habit of pilfering from guests? Or even worse, learn that she's using a guest room to hide a woman on the run.
With razor-sharp wit, heart, thrills, and twists, Jamie Day delivers a unique brand of SUMMERTIME SUSPENSE.
"An unputdownable and gripping thriller with nonstop twists and turns!" —Freida McFadden, New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid
My thoughts about One Big Happy Family ~~
(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first line.)
First line—"The power flickers on and off, as if the hotel is taking a dying gasp."
First of all, I love this cover, it's what first drew my attention to this book. Second, mystery thriller? Yes, please. And lastly, a dysfunctional family, seriously? Count me in!
Carley is just trying to live her life and care for her elderly grandmother. She's got a job, not the greatest, but it's a job, and a place to live. When the Bishop sisters show up to claim their inheritance, that all could change, especially with the threat of a hurricane and a murder or two.
This is definitely a page-turner with a lot of interesting characters, some you're just going to love to hate. When bodies start to fall, everyone turns on the person next to them and no one knows who to trust. The person that seems to be in control changes from hour to hour and you never know what's going to happen next. I loved it!
Jamie Day is a new-to-me author, with this being her second novel. I'm thinking she's going to become one of my must-read authors. Highly recommend!
I received a copy of One Big Happy Family from the publisher via NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.
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Jamie Day lives in one of those picture-perfect, coastal New England towns you see in the movies. And just like the movies, Jamie has two children and an adorable dog to fawn over. When not writing or reading, Jamie enjoys yoga, the ocean, cooking, and long walks on the beach with the dog, or the kids, or sometimes both. ~ Publisher website
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