Book Review for One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day

 One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day

Published July 16, 2024 by St. Martin's Press

Genre:  Thriller

 

Taken from Goodreads:  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.

 

My Thoughts:  One Big Happy Family is a slow-moving thriller.  A father has died bringing his children back together.   They are stuck in the family hotel due to a hurricane.   Secrets come out, threats are made, and no one is to be trusted.

I usually a follow the path the author sends me on type of reader but with this book I figured out what was going on pretty quickly.   There were many clues given early in the book that led me down the right path.  I like having that ah-ha moment but feel like this one could have had a bigger ah-ha.   

One Big Happy Family is a book that I enjoyed reading but it will not be a book that I remember in the long run.   The writing was easy to read and follow.  The characters were predictable and not very exciting.  

Thank you St. Martin’s Press for a copy of the book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. 

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