The Dead Girls Book Club

 

This book club has a blood oath for membership. And that’s not even the wildest part.

Thank you Simon Audio for the gifted early listen! 

The Dead Girls Book Club by Zia Rayyan is an entertaining, completely unhinged domestic thriller that had me listening straight through.

Amelia is lonely and lost. Her husband Ken is a detective consumed by a local serial killer case, which means she’s basically invisible in her own marriage. When she gets an invitation to join a small, exclusive book club, she’s desperate enough to say yes — weird vibes and all. And yes, there is a blood oath. I’m just going to leave that there.

Things get dark fast when a domestic violence incident turns deadly and Amelia starts wondering if one of her new book club friends might be a killer. After that, the book club really does go off the rails — in the best possible way.

I liked the female friendship dynamic at the center of this story, even when everything around it was spiraling. 

Narrator Hannah Church brought so much to the performance, and at just under 7 hours, this was the definition of bingeable. I finished it in basically two sittings.

I guessed the twist early. The ending tied everything up a little too neatly and quickly for me. This is book one in a planned series. It'll be interesting to see where it goes from here, but I had a good time getting through this one.

This is a solid pick if you love domestic suspense and psychological thrillers. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Out now. 

If you enjoyed this review, you might also be interested in The Wife Deserved It.

About the Author

Zia Rayyan is a psychological thriller author with no background, no alibi—only a need to write about the lies we tell, and the ones we bury.