Crime and Thrillers
Claudia Alcock wants her cheating husband and his lover dealt with, but their bungled counter-plots unleash chaos involving hapless hitmen, diary secrets, a sinister doll and a distracted detective. Darkly comic and wildly unpredictable, this is a zany crime caper where survival is anything but straightforward.
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Claudia Alcock is looking for a hitman. Not just any hitman but one who can get the job done properly. After all, she may be a frizzy-haired, middle-aged woman with paranoid tendencies and a chequered romantic past, but she’s no fool. Her cheating soon-to-be ex-husband Gary, aided by his equally unfaithful new lover Alexa, deserve nothing less than a fitting comeuppance.
Unfortunately for Claudia, Gary has plans of his own. Determined to secure Claudia’s fortune, he hires his own hitman whose messy efforts range from bombs to snipers to poisonous spiders.
Can Claudia dodge these increasingly ludicrous attempts on her life?
Zany, darkly comic and gloriously unpredictable.
Here's what readers have to say about this book....
A great read by an author unknown to me. The FMC is a determined and unstable character who is attempting to have her husband killed. A highly enjoyable story with some hilarious lines. Loved the sarcasm. It's best not to know too much about this story and let the thrill unfold for you. Definitely entertaining. Thank you to Netgalley and the Author/Publisher for this advanced copy.
This book is unhinged in the best of ways. Claudia is a hilarious character. She's had enough of her crappy, cheating husband and is looking for a hitman. Do you happen to know one? The problem is, Claudia's crappy, cheating husband and his girlfriend have the same idea, only they are doing more than talking about it. You learn about Claudia and her past and her two suspiciously deceased husbands. You get to read along as she reads her diary to her life like baby and as she narrates her life to the reader - and let me tell you, her life is something else! This book is full of laughs from page one to the very end and I enjoyed it immensely. I can't wait to see what this author does next. I highly recommend this book.
I really enjoyed getting to read this book, it had that twists and turns that I was looking for and thought the concept was well done. I was invested in the plot of the book and going on the journey with the characters. D N Potter was able to create characters that I cared about and was glad I was able to read this.
This was a difficult book to categorize. I enjoyed it, but felt a bit drawn out. I didn’t really connect with the characters, but I still liked reading the story. Writing style was the best part for me. So many great lines, and I could picture the world very vividly.
I really enjoyed this debut novel! It's quirky and clever and lots of fun to read, and I highly recommend it to fans of popcorn thrillers who like to give debut authors a chance. Claudia is a middle-aged woman whose husband is cheating on her with his business partner, so she's looking for a hitman to kill either just him or possibly both of them. Unbeknownst to Claudia, her husband and his mistress are also planning to kill her. The story plays out in chapters alternating between Claudia's hilarious first person narration and the third person POV focused on the perspective of the husband and mistress, and as the story progresses, that of the police who get involved once the attempts begin to get made on some of the characters' lives. Claudia is a very irascible woman diagnosed with schizophrenia and multiple phobias, and her chapters feature her talking to a lifelike baby doll whom she takes with her in a child's seat in the back of her car. Claudia, with all her personality quirks and secrets, is a profoundly unreliable narrator; she is both weird and unlikable, but spending time with her is quite enjoyable and she is often hilarious in her perceptions and complaints. It's easy to root for her while hoping for the worst possible outcome for the adulterous couple. Claudia might be an angry and unhinged black widow, but she is very entertaining and easy to root for. The book ties all its threads together nicely and in a satisfying manner. Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for providing a review copy in exchange for my honest opinion.
