This was a very well written and compelling novel. The characters were amusing and engaging and the plot moved forward at a nice clip. It's the first "page turner" I have read in awhile. Plus a surprise ending.....Definitely recommend!

I really enjoyed this book. Light but not stupid with a surprising twist at the end. It had me thinking "I really did not see that coming."

Perfect for vacation or beach. It would also be a good bookclub choice.

After having waded through a couple of "heavy" reads, I was ready for something light and fun. This book was perfect! It's light and fun, yet still smart.

I love the author's style of writing, and of breaking up the chapters. It makes for a very fast read. I plan to look for other Morgenroth books.

Set in Greenwich Connecticut, this is a great whodunnit story about a couple who leave Manhattan for the suburbs. The main character Sofie joins one of the book clubs (which seem to war with each other -- the mom book club doesn't get along with Sofie's mystery book club) and begins to find out that every thing is not as it seems in this secretive town.

When one of the members is found dead there is suspicion to go around. What's most interesting are the vivid desciptions of the women throughout this novel and also the social hierarchy that is so clearly laid out (worth as determined by one's husband's job or the house you live in). The mystery is laid out wonderfully and this is a fun read.

Members of the Mystery Book Club have to be invited to join by Priscilla Brenner, the group leader and perennial hostess. The other women in the group, Susan, Ashley, Julia and Sofie, are all her neighbors in up-scale Greenwich, Connecticut, a New York City suburb. These women met monthly and were reading Agatha Christie's Miss Marple mystery series.

Then suddenly they are the subjects of their own real life mystery-a murder in their own neighborhood.

Kate Morgenroth has created a thoroughly enjoyable group of women and spouses to populate her book. They are just clichéd enough to feed into stereotypes and then turn out to be something a bit different from the expected. I felt that they were very well drawn and their secrets tended to be a surprise. While it is nearly impossible to decide which characters are lying-and why-as the plot unfolds, the details do seem to hold up without completely stretching credibility.

Since telling any more about the characters or plot might give the whole story away, I won't do that. I will say that I had a lot of trouble putting this one down to go to bed and to go to work. It is a delightful page-turner.

Armchair Interviews says: This would be a fun book to discuss with a book group.