This book failed to keep me intrigued. The cover and summary drew me in but failed to wrap things up nice and fell flat.

Well talk about a cast of unlikeable characters. Every person in this story grated on my nerves. As I believe this was intentional, I commend the author for a job well done. Unfortunately for me, I disliked them a little too much and it took away from the story.

I was excited to be approved for this book because I love Glass Onion and Big Little Lies but this book was more like The Perfect Couple meets Britney & Jared Osmond of Real Houswives. The 3 women are all successful yet here they are at the mercy of this douche. I read to the end even though I was over their immature behaviour just to find out who did it.

A dazzling web that twisted till the very end! I was thrilled to have been given the chance to read this gem before publication!

The perfect summer thriller!!! I loved this book. From page 1 I was hooked. The setting, the characters, the plot twist! I couldn't put this one down!

I am delving more into thrillers, as a mainly romance reader, and this is a nice entryway to the genre. I didn't know what to expect in this whodunnit, the drama was absolutely page-turning, and the writing crisp. This had a murder in it, but remained light and witty. In particular, I think the mystery and multiple POV were done well. If you want a fast-paced read and (like me) enjoy thrillers and mysteries with short chapters and lots to talk about, then pick this up! I recommend.

People Will Talk is a fun ride with a slew of unlikeable characters. Four women converge around son and playboy Peter during the ultra-rich Frank family’s annual clam bake. Maya is his Wimbledon-winning girlfriend, Catherine is his high school sweetheart who may still carry a torch, Leanne is the aunt and legal guardian to his son, and then there is Tilly. Why is she there? When the women are sent a text to meet Peter, they find Tilly announcing that she will marry Peter that night. When the bride is killed on the night of the wedding, the three women and Peter are all suspects. While no character is very likable, the story is very entertaining! This is a quick, easy read that I couldn’t put down.

This book is a Rubrics cube of a book, separate parts all fitting together at the end. I found the 3 women fascinating, but they all had one "fatal" flaw, they were entangled with Peter Frank and so were tangled up with Tilly (who is a very flat character). I can understand Leanne being involved as she is the caregiver for her sister and Peter's child, but I don't see what on earth Catherine and Maya see in Peter--he seems so weak yet they keep going back to him over and over again even though he is toxic for them. I wish he could have been a character worthy of the women in his life, it would have made the story more believable.

The synopsis said it was perfect for fans of Glass Onion (which I love) and it didn't disappoint! There was so much rich people drama and it was highly entertaining. I enjoyed the multiple POVs and how fast paced it was! I actually really liked all three characters which is pretty rare in a thriller for me! I normally try to guess the ending while I'm reading and I definitely didn't see this one coming. It was a very fun read and was perfect for summer!!

This is a good cozy mystery if you're looking for something not to take so seriously. It's light and fizzy but still had some twist I didn't see.

I think more books should kick off with a summertime clambake—it’s so delightfully summer-on-the-Atlantic-coast to me! In the case of Cape May, the Frank family’s annual clambake thrown outside their beachfront home is one of the events of the summer. That sly dog Peter Frank has a few things planned for this year, though. Namely, an impromptu wedding to a socialite, Tilly.

How fun is a surprise wedding? Your mileage may vary on that depending on the circumstances, because Peter’s girlfriend Maya is in attendance at the clambake and completely blindsided by the news Peter is marrying someone else. I mean… I think we can all agree that would be horrible. No one likes a surprise wedding that involves their significant other but not themselves. To add to the all-around awkwardness, Peter’s high school sweetheart, Catherine, is also in attendance (and she happens to be a wedding planner, to add insult to injury), as is a woman named Leanne who is the legal guardian of his son (whom he fathered with Leanne’s late sister, Monica). Oh Peter… this is messy!

The fun doesn’t stop with the blindside of three women attached to Peter, though. Tilly lets Maya know that her relationship is obviously over, and lets Catherine know that she and Peter are pulling their investment in her business. She also tells Leanne that they are going to adopt Hudson, taking him away from Leanne. Yikes!

When Tilly is found dead in the morning, crushed by the expensive chandelier she just had to have (hoisted by her own petard, as they say), all three women become prime suspects. They all have a motive to want Tilly dead, and they all had the opportunity. So who did it?

This is a juicy mystery that doesn’t take itself too seriously. I love a cozy mystery and this was a more soapy and salacious one than we usually get. Fun! The setting was great, the plot was absolutely wild, and the mystery surprised me. Gossip, wealth, scorned lovers, surprise weddings, clams, and murder make this a perfect summer mystery!

Thank you to Gallery Books for my copy. Opinions are my own.

If you enjoy reading about rich people behaving badly, this is a great one to add to your list. While I did get a bit bored in the middle, I loved the twisting and tangling of everyone's stories, truths and not. The murderer was not who I anticipated and the deception went further than I realized. A fun story for summertime, for sure!!

Thank you Gallery Books and Netgalley for my e-arc! People Will Talk is out now!

What an intriguing mystery. I am so glad that the cover got my attention and made me want to read this title. This is a must read!

On the face of it, three particular female guests at the Franks’ ritzy annual summer clambake have little in common, despite all being closely tied to Peter, the family’s handsome heartbreaker of a younger son. Maya Romero is his tennis star girlfriend, whose recent win at Wimbledon has been eclipsed by her growing concern at his lack of response to any of her texts or calls in over a week. Catherine Farr is his college sweetheart, a party planner and rising influencer who can never say no to the man she still considers the love of her life, never mind that they’ve both allegedly moved on. Leanne Gladstone is the fiercely protective aunt and legal guardian of his only child Hudson. Given how she and her husband Tony are Hudson’s primary caretakers, she’s started pushing for full custody despite the stalling of the Frank family lawyers.

When Tilly Dansforth, a socialite with little interest in making friends, takes to the stage at the clambake and announces, with Peter by her side, that the party is actually to be their wedding, all three women are stunned. To add insult to injury, they’re all summoned to a special audience with the engaged couple immediately after the announcement. Tilly wastes no time in telling Catherine that Peter will no longer be investing in her party planning business; Leanne that he’ll be moving to take Hudson back permanently, and Maya that he’s done with her for good.

Maya refuses to let Tilly speak for the man she loves, and demands that he:

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“Say something.”

He swallowed. “I’m in love with Tilly. Our families are very old friends. I’m making the wise decision for once in my life.” He cleared his throat and put his arm around Tilly’s waist. “I’m sorry to have led you on, Maya.”

“Led me on?”

Maya looked into his eyes, searching for something, anything, to cling to. A little spark, a touch of irony, a glimmer that said he was still Peter–still hers. There was nothing.

“Yes. I really am sorry.”

Tilly grinned at her. “But congratulations on winning Wimbledon!”
END QUOTE

Tilly really is the worst, but it’s still a shock when her body is discovered crushed to death the next morning under the elaborate glass and metal chandelier she’d insisted on putting up in her wedding tent. After the three women she’d just humiliated learn that her death was no accident, they make a pact not to mention their contentious meeting with her to the cops, especially since the three of them regrettably seem to have the strongest motives for wanting to do Tilly in. Trouble is, someone else is doing their best to make it look like each of them was the killer.

Despite their differences, Maya, Catherine and Leanne must band together, not only to allay police suspicions but also to figure out what really happened to Tilly. Though they occasionally find themselves working at cross-purposes, the solidarity they show each other is heartening, especially when it comes to doing right by one another. Maya, for example, who has the least amount of history with the other two, won’t just stay quiet when Catherine downplays herself:

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“I know it sounds stupid, but I–” Catherine said.

“Why do you do that?” Maya asked.

“Do what?”

“Put yourself down all the time. Start every other sentence with I’m sorry, or say that you sound stupid,” Maya said. “You’re clearly a successful woman. You should own that.”

Catherine stared at her. Leanne stared at her.

“What?” Maya said and looked at Leanne. “I’ve never heard you apologize for anything.”

“Fair,” Leanne said.
END QUOTE

While I thoroughly enjoyed their feminine solidarity, it was admittedly a little disappointing to me to realize that, in the end, they were essentially all working together to protect a man who very much didn’t deserve it. Sure there were extenuating circumstances, but insofar as crime novels are a fantasy of justice, I wasn’t thrilled that Peter basically got to go back to life as usual afterwards, when it was pretty clear from early on in the book that he’d made all their lives a misery with his selfishness. The only punishment he got for the awful things he did was that he only got most of what he wanted, instead of everything. It was honestly off-putting how the women kept treating him like he was special, instead of merely gross. I’m usually a fan of a well-drawn antihero, but I had no patience for either him or for the big twist at the end.

Overall, however, this was a sudsy tale of the rich and famous – and some not so rich and famous people – behaving badly. People Will Talk certainly has all the thrills and reversals of a perfectly juicy beach read with which to close out the summer.

The mystery was intriguing and I loved the different POVs but I couldn’t stand some of the characters.

The three POVs are all women who are successful in their own right. But god damn did I hate Catherine. I couldn’t stand her and some of the choices she made were super questionable…girl get your head together.

I liked how the mystery was wrapped up but I was expecting more of a twist. Also Peter didn’t deserve that ending. That man should be in JAIL.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

Thanks to Gallery Books for my advanced copy of People WIll Talk by Kieran Scott.

I wanted to like this book so much more than I did. The description of Glass Onion meets Big Little Lies had me set up for a great book and this didn't meet my expectations. I liked the quick chapters, but it was hard to keep track of all of the characters and their stories. Ultimately I didn't like any of the characters (they were all so unlikeable) and I didn't really care who killed Tilly.

Thanks to Gallery for the ARC!

I loved Kieran's last novel and also love Big Little Lies, so this was an anticipated read with lots of family drama! I loved the Cape May setting, multiple POVs, and fast pace of this book with short chapters, making it perfect for summer.

An intriguing and modern murder mystery.

Peter, a catch by WASP standards marries heiress Tilly at a surprise ceremony. Tilly dies under the 300lb chandelier the night of the wedding. Three women have a strong motive to kill Peter's new bride. Told from the perspective of the three women with clear motives, we follow them to find the killer.

I enjoyed the secrets, the setting, and the surprises. I have enjoyed reading novels by Kieran Scott since middle school; reading a book by her is fun and comforting. The plot was a bit predictable but overall fun.

Thank you to Gallery Books and NetGalley for the eARC.

It’s time for the Frank family’s annual clambake held at their lovely home in Cape May. Of course, it’s very fancy too and not with your run of the mill paper plates and beer in bottles. Peter is the family’s son and pride and joy.

Among the guests are Maya, Peter’s fiancée who has just won Wimbleton; Leanne, sister of Peter’s deceased sister who cares for his son, Hudson; and Catherine who was once a long time girlfriend of Peter’s and is now a successful wedding planner and influencer.

Before the party started, Peter called Maya, Leanne, and Catherine into a meeting giving each of them some bad news.

At the start of the party, Peter’s mother, Camilla Talbot-Frank makes her announcement welcoming everyone and then Peter takes over with a special announcement of his own. He is joined by Tilly Dansforth, a pretty socialite. Together, they announce that not only will there be a clambake, but they will also be getting married that night. Shock prevails.

But sometime after the wedding, a heavy chandelier falls and crushes the bride. She just HAD to have this thing and now she’s dead. What happened and who is guilty?

Thus, we learn about each of these characters and their relationships with Peter. It had me shaking my head and laughing in spots. Rich people can make things happen. Enjoy this romp.

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Think a Gossip Girl murder mystery, but everyone is in the late 20s/early 30s. So much drama. So many secrets. A lot of lies. All that made for a fun & twisty mystery. I flew through this one. I loved the short chapters from each of the different povs; it really kept the story moving at a lively pace.