The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis on May 23, 2023
Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense, Fiction / Women
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The Chateau was a crazy, thrill ride that I didn’t know I needed.
Seraphine Demargelasse is the ninety year old Grandma who is the owner of the Chateau. Her granddaughter, Darcy, hasn’t seen Seraphine in a while or been to the Chateau in years. So Seraphine plans a girls weekend and invites 3 of Darcy’s friends to the Chateau to celebrate one of their birthdays. She also plans to make a big announcement will change the course of their lives but without having a chance to make her big declaration, she’s found brutally murdered. Darcy is devastated by her Grandmother’s death. She never got her last conversation with her. And who could the killer be? Its basically a locked room mystery. The only ones at the Chateau were the girls, her Grandmother’s companion and housekeeper, and the groundskeeper. Are ALL her friends keeping secrets from her?
Vix ( Victoria), is an artist who is also a cancer survivor. She is just getting over a breakup so this vacation is what she needed. Vix has been having secret meetings with Seraphine and is also being paid monthly for something she is doing for her. She never tells Darcy about any of this.
Arabelle, granddaughter of chateau’s housekeeper/ caregiver Sylvie who has working for Seraphine for sixty years. She seems to be very successful with her thriving restaurant business, publishing cook books, rising numbers of Instagram followers. But she admits to doing something that is in violation of the girl code that it will affect her relationship with them all.
Jade is a spin instructor who is always setting goals and trying to achieve great things. Is her good friend act just an act??
This book was just a page turner!! It’s like these four besties who you expect to be posh, but them you can visualize them fighting in a mud pit or something! I didn’t know who to trust or when the next twist was coming. I love these kinds of books. I always suspected the girl I disliked the most as the killer. And we even get to see some of Van Gough’s roots in here. And THAT ENDING!! If you like locked room mystery/thrillers, you HAVE to read this one. Or if you like drama, this one is for you.