An unforgettable hen weekend, just not in a good way…

Synopsis

They DID promise her a killer hen weekend…

Jeanie’s getting married, and – despite her completely impossible four sisters – her best friends Clio and Amber are determined to give her a bachelorette weekend to remember. They’re in matching pink T-shirts and the drinks are flowing…

But the night turns out to be unforgettable for all the wrong reasons when a girl turns up dead on the dancefloor. And – even though she’s a stranger – she is wearing one of Jeanie’s hen T-shirts.

Who is she? And why are the police convinced that the hens are involved? Can the newly-formed Bad Girls Detective Agency solve the murder? And in time to get Jeanie up the aisle?

Unputdownable mystery set on the English coast – perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club, Bad Sisters and How to Kill Your Family.

My review

Jeanie is finally going to marry the father of her twins. But while it should be the happiest time of her life, she is having doubts… Not only because she isn’t really enjoying the hen weekend with her sisters and her best friends Clio and Amber, but also because Tan, Jeanie’s fiancé, is acting all weird all the sudden.
And then when the girls are all out, in matching T – shirts, a girl ends up dead on the dancefloor, wearing one of those T – shirts. But Jeanie doesn’t know the girl, nor does anyone else of the gang.
So even if solving a murder mystery should be the last thing on their minds, the Bad Girls Detective Agency are once again determined to not only find the culprit, but also have Jeanie on time to say her ‘I Do’.

Getting married can be a very stressful and emotional event. But what when your sisters and friends have organised an outlandish hen weekend, and all you want is peace and calm? And what if you are having doubts, as there seem to be many signs wanting you to not go ahead with it? And most important, what if your fiancé is acting out of character, and isn’t the loving man and father of your children anymore?
Those are all the things Jeanie is thinking about on her hen weekend…

And then the worst thing hasn’t happened yet, as after a not so nice encounter on the dancefloor ends with a dead girl. A girl Jeanie doesn’t know, yet a girls that is wearing a matching T – shirt that her whole gang is wearing…

The gals in this book have already been through some series stuff in the first book of the series, so I was very eager to see with my own eyes how they would solve another murder mystery!
Of course my heart went out to Jeanie, as everything she hoped and wished for seems to go down the drain.
I even pitied her, as she has to go through a hen weekend she isn’t enjoying, going along with it for the others’ sake.
And it was heart – breaking to learn that sweet, gentle Tan was keeping things from her.

Oh and then of course there is the murder…A murder that seems not related to Jeanie, a murder that appears to be very random.
And to be very honest, while getting killed is obviously terrible, I didn’t really feel for the victim, as slowly it becomes clear that there is more to the victim and she wasn’t a saint at all. But obviously that doesn’t justify the murder!

Somehow it felt like this murder mystery was exactly what Jeanie needed, in so many different ways. And with her friends and sisters ready to go ‘detectiving’ by her side too!

While reading this book, there were side stories I couldn’t really to the bigger plot, but I knew that this author wouldn’t just write something without being a link. So I was very eager to see how all the pieces would fall together.

Some of those pieces weren’t nice ones, as we can see the worst of people. But as this is a mystery where there are also many laughs, we also see the best of people. And we see things going wrong, but yet once again in a funny way.

The Bad Girls Detectives for sure is a peculiar bunch of women, they are not exactly working in the logical sense of how a murder should be solved. Yet their determination is strong and solid, and their friendship makes them protective towards each other. because no matter how dire their situation may look like, they know they can always rely on each other.

This was a great sequel that followed up a promising start. And while I am not 100% sure I would ever hire this agency, I know that their thirst for the truth would eventually solve any mystery. And on that note, please let me finish singing a certain song in my head, as I just couldn’t stop the whole time while reading this book with such a title! 😊