It really is a pleasure to welcome back Melanie Blake with Guilty Women, which is the sequel to the fantastic Ruthless Women. 'The cast of Ruthless Women is back, and this time they’re in trouble...'
About the Author
Melanie Blake is the bestselling author of Ruthless Women, which became a Number 4 Sunday Times hardback bestseller and an ebook bestseller in 2021, selling over 150,000 copies. Guilty Women is her second novel about the cast of Falcon Bay, and her first with HarperFiction.
Growing up in a working-class household with severe dyslexia, Melanie has her own Rags to Riches story, just like that of her characters – at 15 she was told by her school career advisors that her decision to work at a record shop was ‘a clear example that she wouldn’t go far in her career’. They were wrong.
By 19 she was working at the BBC’s iconic Top of the Pops show and by 26 she had built a reputation as one of the UK’s leading music and entertainment managers. She also created her own acting agency from scratch which became the most successful independent boutique agency in the UK. Melanie still represents a high-profile stable of actresses, but is also now enjoying success in her own right as a author, playwright and producer. Follow @MelanieBlakeUK on Twitter
About the book
Can they get away with murder? On a beautiful island off the English coast, four TV actresses gather. Their fifth member is missing – and only they know why she was killed.
As the secret between them threatens to come out, tensions on set run high. The women are determined that the show must go on – whatever the cost. But one of them is on the edge of telling the truth – and no soap opera in the world could survive this scandal…
All of the women have something to hide – but the question is, are they all guilty?
Review
The Ruthless Women are back, and now it's all about making sure none of them get caught and get punished for the events in the first book. If you haven't read it yet and have just found this hot new Collinesque like series, then I can only recommend you start at the beginning to get the full gist of it all.
The tension of their shared secret has an impact on each one of the women, but they all deal with it individually. The need to share and air, name and shame is quite strong with certain women. On the other hand what they all agree with is that none of them, their lives or careers should be destroyed because of a minor fish incident. So cover-up and carry-on it is.
Is it just me or was there a wee homage to soap opera, and the hilarious improve soap opera blow-up by Tootsie. A little pop culture reference there. I think that is the fun of this drama filled crime come contemporary women's fiction. It brings the spice, the unpredictable and it also brings a specific kind of sisterhood to the table.
I think there might be a third book, there should absolutely be a third book - how about vengeful women? And let's start casting! The actresses who slayed Jackie Collins mega dramas would be the right age for this, the potential is huge.
Buy Guilty Women at Amazon Uk or go to Goodreads for any other retailer. Publisher : HarperCollins pub date 28 April 2022. Buy at Amazon com. Buy via HarperCollins Uk.
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