Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this ARC.
 
After her colleague Sam disappears without a trace, Millie gets a kind of promotion (more work for the same pay) and is taken on a business trip by her new boss Freya, and through some observations and mysterious self-destructing WhatsApp messages to herself, discovers that she has to be a serial killer who Millie has now unwittingly given alibis for. What should she and best friend Lissa do with this alarming knowledge? What has a woman in a care home to do with everything and who is Kieran Lucas really? And what actually happened to Verity?

This time we're not asked to be sympathetic to the female serial killer as she's quite objectively a bitch boss, and you can't trust a word she says. The Devil Wears Prada overtones are strong! But has she got a reason for her killing spree?

The story is told in multiple POVs, mostly by Millie and Freya. This manages to ramp up the tension considerably, as we discover back stories of all parties, intentions, plottings and what they know about each other before they mutually realise. Every time we think one of them has the upper hand, the POV changes, and with it comes another twist in the tale. There were so many twists and turns that I had whiplash at the end!

I read this immediately after "Sweet Pea" and couldn't help comparing, but the two books, while equally brilliant, are nothing like each other.

This is a gripping, tense read that doesn't overstay its welcome and isn't gory. It is a brilliant read about corporate culture, intrigues and toxic men (and women), and the twists keep you on the edge of your seat. I guarantee you won't see the ending coming!

As a personal aside, can I just say thank you for the
finest (and correctly spelled) German insults I've read in a while in an English book. As a German native now living abroad I really appreciate them!

"Maybe if we all went and snuffed out some lousy little man we’d all feel so much better. We could treat it like therapy."