Publication Date: May 17, 2016
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Rating: ★★★★★
Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina. Others come only for the weekends-and the mix between the regulars and “the weekenders” can sometimes make the sparks fly. Riley Griggs has a season of good times with friends and family ahead of her on Belle Isle when things take an unexpected turn. While waiting for her husband to arrive on the ferry one Friday afternoon, Riley is confronted by a process server who thrusts papers into her hand. And her husband is nowhere to be found. So she turns to her island friends for help and support, but it turns out that each of them has their own secrets, and the clock is ticking as the mystery deepens…in a murderous way. Cocktail parties aside, Riley must find a way to investigate the secrets of Belle Island, the husband she might not really know, and the summer that could change everything. Told with Mary Kay Andrews’ trademark blend of humor and warmth, and with characters and a setting that you can’t help but fall for, The Weekenders is the perfect summer escape.
Review:
This story starts with Riley Griggs waiting for her husband to arrive on the ferry with her daughter. This was the weekend where Riley and her husband were going to tell their daughter about their impending divorce. However, when her husband, Wendell, doesn’t show, Riley has no choice but to freak out when she is handed divorce papers (or what she thought was divorce papers) on the ferry, leaving her daughter to have a meltdown of her own. The next morning, a sheriff shows up at Riley’s mother’s house to tell her that things have taken a murderous turn.
This book had a good amount of mystery, and the perfect amount of romance. It wasn’t my favorite Mary Kay Andrews book, but it definitely had wonderful moments throughout the story that keeps the reader entertained.
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