The Widows Club

Name: The Widows Club
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Dorothy Cannell
ISBN: 9798350894820

Author: Dorothy Cannell

Series: Ellie Haskell Mysteries #2

Narrator: Sasha Higgins

Unabridged: 13 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/27/2024

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Women Sleuths

Synopsis

Award-winning author Dorothy Cannell serves up a delectable English cozy murder mystery.

The men of Chitterton Fells are dropping like flies. And the membership of the Widows Club is growing bigger every day . . .

Newlywed Ellie Haskell (née Simons, thank you very much) is settling nicely into married bliss in the charming village of Chitterton Fells.

Until she receives an alarming visit from Misses Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell, of Flowers Detective Agency. The spinster sleuths suspect the local 'Widows Club' is cooking up more than innocent get-togethers for bereaved ladies. All the members' husbands were unfaithful. And all have met very sticky ends.

To uncover the murdering masterminds, Ellie must pose as an unhappy betrayed wife. But can she catch the killers and keep new hubby Ben safe from the clutches of the Widows Club?

About Dorothy Cannell

Dorothy Cannell was born in London, England, and now lives in Belfast, Maine. Dorothy Cannell writes mysteries featuring Ellie Haskell, interior decorator and Ben Haskell, writer and chef, and Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell, a pair of dotty sisters and owners of the Flowers Detection Agency.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Betty

The second book in the Ellie Haskell series. I read this book for the backstory. I was disappointed as I found the format difficult to understand. The mishaps at the wedding and reception were not funny for me. The conflict between the wedding and funeral was used to being new characters into storie......more

Goodreads review by Kim

A bit thin in every sense The premise of this book is unique and the mystery aspect is well done. So are the minor characters. What disappointed me was the treatment of two themes: the reality of married life and Ellie's descent into anorexia. Like anorexics in general, Ellie believes you can never b......more

Goodreads review by Maria

If I had to use one word to describe this book, it would be "distressing". The funeral at the beginning of the book was distressing. The premise of The Widow's Club was distressing. The events that took place at Ben and Ellie's wedding were distressing as were the first six months of their marriage.......more

Goodreads review by Susan

I had hoped we had left the food/fat obsession and the “poor communication between husband and wife leading to misunderstandings” trope behind in the last book, but obviously it’s a basic tenet of these books. I keep wanting to shake Ellie, but this nonsense seems to be taking the place of actual pl......more