Book Review: Best Friends Forever by Margot Hunt

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Best Friends Forever

 

by Margot Hunt

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Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: MIRA (January 23, 2018)


Kat Grant and Alice Campbell have a friendship forged in shared confidences and long lunches lubricated by expensive wine. Though they’re very different women—the artsy socialite and the struggling suburbanite—they’re each other’s rocks. But even rocks crumble under pressure. Like when Kat’s financier husband, Howard, plunges to his death from the second-floor balcony of their South Florida mansion.

Howard was a jerk, a drunk, a bully and, police say, a murder victim. The questions begin piling up. Like why Kat has suddenly gone dark: no calls, no texts and no chance her wealthy family will let Alice see her. Why investigators are looking so hard in Alice’s direction. Who stands to get hurt next? And who is the cool liar—the masterful manipulator behind it all?

 

My Rating:

Favorite Quotes:

 

Kat wasn’t just wealthy. She came from capital-M Money.

 

She never eats. She lives on a diet of wine and bitterness…

 

No one liked Howard… Not to speak ill of the dead, but he was an asshole. If everyone who thought he was an asshole was a suspect, they’d have an overly large number of people to consider.

 

If insanity was a side effect of Botox, every Floridian over the age of forty would be nuts.

 My Review:

 

I was captivated by this gripping story and was totally unprepared for the chilling and gasp-worthy ending. The writing was superb and cunningly clever – quickly setting an intense and thrumming sense of intrigue while constantly pricking at my curiosity and luring me in with enticing characters, expert storytelling, and a perplexing mystery. I was beguiled yet not fully trusting of the lovely and vivacious Kat. The storyline was brilliantly crafted and sharply honed and kept me riveted to my Kindle through all the twists and turns. I had speculated and cast out various theories but would never have anticipated or come close to Ms. Hunt’s ingenious plotting.   She has mad skills and my utmost respect, although she also scares me a little…

 

About Margot Hunt

Margot Hunt is the pseudonym of a bestselling writer of twelve previous novels. Her work has been praised by Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus Reviews. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER is her first psychological thriller.

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12 Replies to “Book Review: Best Friends Forever by Margot Hunt”

  1. “She never eats, she’s lives off a diet of wine and bitterness” lol that’s such a good line! Great review!

  2. Excellent review thank you. :). This sounds like a really gripping read. so I bought a copy. It made it straight past my TBR list! Once I am on top of all my arc and audio review commitments I look forward to curling up with this one.

  3. Ohh great review, this book looks and sounds absolutely fantastic and right up my alley. I might check this one out one day, but I am so going to add it too my tbr list. Thank you so much for sharing and putting this book on my radar.

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