The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle

December 1, 2015
When event planner Amy-Faye Johnson helps run the grand opening of her brother Derek's new pub, everything goes wrong, from blocked plumbing to an exploding microwaveto the body of Gordon, Derek's partner, in the dumpster. As it happens, Amy-Faye and her fellow members in the Readaholics book club have just finished Murder on the Orient Express, and as the readers-turned-sleuths start snooping, they find surprising parallels between the book and the real-life murder. Further sleuthing uncovers the fact that a group of women dedicated to humiliating cheating men had targeted Gordon, but did they kill him? The details about the book-club members' lives and Amy-Faye's event business offer delightful color and subtle humor to the credible and evocative mystery. DiSilverio delivers smart, feisty, resilient women with enormous appeal. Fans of Lorna Barrett's Book Clubbed (2014) may enjoy this.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)