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Such a Lovely Family

By: Aggie Blum Thompson
Narrated by: Whitney Dykhouse
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The cherry blossoms are in full bloom in Washington, D.C., and the Calhouns are in the midst of hosting their annual party to celebrate the best of the spring season. With a house full of friends, neighbors, and their beloved three adult children, the Calhouns are expecting another picture-perfect event. But a brutal murder in the middle of the celebration transforms the yearly gathering into a homicide scene, and all the guests into suspects.

Behind their façade of perfection, the Calhoun family has been keeping some very dark secrets. Parents who use money and emotional manipulation to control their children. Two sons, one the black sheep who is desperate to outrun mistakes he's made, and the other a new father, willing to risk everything to protect his child. And a daughter: an Instagram influencer who refuses to face the truth about the man she married.

As the investigation heats up, family tensions build, and alliances shift. Long-buried resentments surface, forcing the Calhouns to face their darkest secrets before it's too late.

©2024 Aggie Blum Thompson (P)2024 Tantor Crime Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime
Complex Characters • Intriguing Plot Twists • Phenomenal Job • Scandalous Storyline • Dramatic Voice
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I read a lot of books as well as listening to them on audible. This author is great at character development.

Great character development

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What I love most about a good whodunit is trying to piece together the mystery as I read—but with this book, it felt like everything was laid out in the first few pages. I could pretty much tell exactly how it was going to unfold. The subplot twist was interesting, but it also felt kind of thrown in, like an attempt to shake up a story that was otherwise really predictable. I’m not a fan of endings that feel rushed or patched together—I want to be taken on a journey, to question everything and be surprised. And honestly, the lack of character development early on made it hard to care about what happened to this family. Everyone came off as entitled, self-absorbed, and just… unlikable. So when the father died, and the twist happened, I wasn’t emotionally invested because I didn’t really care for any of them. There was no one to root for.

Lack of character development and predictable

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Great story with well-developed characters. Narrator did a wonderful job. I highly recommend it.

Fantastic

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Excellent written characters, great story line. The characters are what kept it interesting. Finished nicely.

so good

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The story twists to the point of improbability, and to the point of coming right back around in a circle to the beginning. The subplot threw me off at points, but it kept the book from being too predictable within the twists. Still, though, I loved it. It’s rare to root for murderers for me but I was actually sympathetic to this one.

Lots of twists

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Such a great listen, finished in two days. Characters development, twists and turns, scandal, murder… has a bit of everything!

Never ending plot twists!

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I liked the descriptions of the house, wealth, party, etc. it kept me guessing until the very end.

Detailed descriptions of the characters

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I’ve read several books where the cast of characters were one too many killing the story. NOT THE CASE HERE! Each character offers such a rich and complex picture for developing the story, motivations? And the interactions between each other. I also enjoyed all the tidbits or Easter egg details that are used to tie up the ending of a perfectly horrific criminal plot!!

Complex Characters and Easter Egg Details!

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It took me a long time to get into the story, but I didn’t really care for it even though I listened my way through, but it was a struggle. The narrator had this voice that was dramatic the whole way through and just over the top. I would not recommend this.

This narrator is not good

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I was not disappointed in this book, and though it was very improbable, but you never know truth can be stranger than fiction. It was very entertaining.

Enjoyed the story very much, even though it was very improbable

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