Congratulations to Nina Simon for having her debut novel Mother-Daughter Murder Night selected as the September 2023 pick of Reese's Book Club!
The relationships among three generations of mothers and daughters are complicated, but add a cancer diagnosis and a dead body ... and things get very interesting.
This story about real estate mogul Lana, her down-to-earth daughter Beth, and her adventurous teen daughter Jack is an interesting blend of murder and family drama. The plot includes more than one complicated family, care for the ecosystem near their southern California town, and a cast of quirky secondary characters. Will we see some of them again in a sequel?
I love the origin story of this novel. Nina Simon stepped away from a CEO position to care for her mother after a cancer diagnosis. With their shared love of murder mysteries, they brainstormed characters and plot points during chemo treatments and hospital days. The results of this challenging time was her mother's restored health and this enjoyable novel.
Although their covers are similar, don't confuse this with Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto. While Mother-Daughter Murder Night includes some laughs, it's not the slapstick humor of Vera Wong.
Thank you to William Morrow, NetGalley, and the Thoughts From a Page Patreon community for a review copy of this novel.
The relationships among three generations of mothers and daughters are complicated, but add a cancer diagnosis and a dead body ... and things get very interesting.
This story about real estate mogul Lana, her down-to-earth daughter Beth, and her adventurous teen daughter Jack is an interesting blend of murder and family drama. The plot includes more than one complicated family, care for the ecosystem near their southern California town, and a cast of quirky secondary characters. Will we see some of them again in a sequel?
I love the origin story of this novel. Nina Simon stepped away from a CEO position to care for her mother after a cancer diagnosis. With their shared love of murder mysteries, they brainstormed characters and plot points during chemo treatments and hospital days. The results of this challenging time was her mother's restored health and this enjoyable novel.
Although their covers are similar, don't confuse this with Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto. While Mother-Daughter Murder Night includes some laughs, it's not the slapstick humor of Vera Wong.
Thank you to William Morrow, NetGalley, and the Thoughts From a Page Patreon community for a review copy of this novel.
