Contemplation of a Crime, Susan Juby
Contemplation of a Crime, Susan Juby
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Contemplation of a Crime

Author: Susan Juby

Narrator: Lisa Larsen

Unabridged: 11 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/20/2025


Synopsis

Buddhist butler and reluctant investigator Helen Thorpe bands together with her fellow butler school graduates to rescue her very wealthy employer and his son in this new mystery by bestselling author Susan Juby.

Butler Helen Thorpe is not one to judge, but the participants in Close Encounters for Global Healing are astonishingly unpleasant.

The five-day program brings together people from across the political spectrum with the goal of helping them bridge their ideological and personal differences. Helen and her employer, Mr. Levine, have come to Side Island to assist David, his youngest son, who is facilitating the course. The motley assortment of participants includes a burned-out environmental activist, an internet troll, a clueless consumerist, an alleged white nationalist and a man who was arrested at the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa. No one seems interested in a civil conversation, much less global healing, and each person has shown up with their own secret agenda.

No rapprochement between the warring, or at least endlessly bickering, parties seems possible. But when something deadly happens, they must learn to work together. First, they have to figure out who among them can be trusted.


About Susan Juby

SUSAN JUBY is the award-winning, bestselling author of A Meditation on Murder and Mindful of Murder, which debuted at number one on the independent bookstores bestseller chart and has been shortlisted for the Leacock Medal for Humour. She is also the author of Getting the Girl, Another Kind of Cowboy, The Woefield Poultry Collective, the bestselling Alice series, and Republic of Dirt, which won the Leacock Medal. Susan currently lives on Vancouver Island with her husband, and their dogs, who are convinced they could have lucrative careers as social media stars.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on April 20, 2025

This latest instalment of the adventures of Helen Thorpe, butler to a rich and powerful couple was much more enjoyable than her previous adventure. The characters were much more likeable, from those participating in the retreat that Helen finds herself involved in, to more of her butler friends that......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on May 17, 2025

I had read the previous two Helen Thorpe Mysteries and really loved them. But I have to say this is my favorite! Susan's wacky - all too real- characters are isolated on an island but happily with a good cook. Of course the plot thickens and not just one butler will do to solve the mystery. Helen br......more

Goodreads review by Kim on April 22, 2025

Thank you to #killercrimeclub, #netgalley for the ARC of this latest book from #susanjuby. This latest book about butler Helen Thorpe and the Levine family definitely did not disappoint. The development of the characters were on point, likable and relatable to in the plot. There were twists that I d......more

Goodreads review by Marissa on April 13, 2025

Kindle Copy for Review from NetGalley, HarperCollins Canada, HarperCollins Publishers and Killer Crime Club. I received a free, advance copy of this book and this is my unbiased and voluntary review. The butler did not do it nor did they do it? An investigator finds herself working as a butler for her......more

Goodreads review by Elisa on February 26, 2025

An absolutely perfect snackerel of a book 😍 It’s the “tight five” of a kidnapping-mystery. Short, sweet, BUTLERS😍, and just the right kind of predictable-but-not-boring.......more