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BOOK INFO
Title: One Big Happy Family
Author: Jamie Day
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Publish Date: July 16, 2024
Genre: Domestic Suspense
Series: na
My Rating: 3/5
BOOK BLURB
The Precipice is a legendary, family-owned hotel on the rocky coast of Maine. With the recent passing of their father, the Bishop sisters–Iris, Vicki, and Faith–have come for the weekend to claim it. But with a hurricane looming and each of the Bishop sisters harboring dangerous secrets, there’s murder in the air– and not everyone who checks into the Precipice will be checking out.
Each sister wants what is rightfully hers, and in the mix is the Precipe’s nineteen-year-old chambermaid Charley Kelley: smart, resilient, older than her years, and in desperate straits.
The arrival of the Bishop sisters could spell disaster for Charley. Will they close the hotel? Fire her? Discover her habit of pilfering from guests? Or even worse, learn that she’s using a guest room to hide a woman on the run.

MY REVIEW
Three sisters return to their family-owned hotel on the Maine coast to claim their inheritance. A storm headed their way has stranded the sisters and others in the hotel. When someone is murdered, they realize they are trapped with a killer.
One Big Happy Family is told from the point of view of the hotel’s maid, Charley. Charley is young, and worried about keeping her job and providing for her grandmother. Interesting characters and an atmospheric setting.
A slow paced locked room mystery. One Big Happy Family is an entertaining whodunit.
I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Books by Jamie Day:
- The Block Party
- One Big Happy Family