In the luxurious gated community of Kingsland, it’s poker night for three friends while their wives, Laura, Vicky and Monica, attend their book club. It seems like a night like any other until the wives arrive home to find two husbands dead and one in the hospital. Kingsland is a luxurious community where the ultra rich live and plan their deals. It is also filled with secrets and drama.
The detectives sent to investigate the murders seem rather mundane and not excited about solving the case. The women are distraught, but you have to wonder what they knew about their husbands dealings. There is an underlying tension that all is not exactly the way it looks.
The book is a fast paced thriller with short chapters that keep you reading. The characters are not well developed. The detectives are dull and the three women are too similar to be real. However, the plot moves quickly. Each chapter has a different narrator including the police and the three women. Some are written in third person others in first person. It’s not confusing, but I think having so many viewpoints made the characters seem less real.
If you like murder mysteries in luxury settings, you may enjoy this one.
I received this book from Dutton for this review.
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