It feels like kismet when Sarah Jones, newly relocated to Minneapolis after abruptly calling off her engagement, gets invited to join a group of women who share her same very common name. For years Sarah has received all types of correspondence intended for different Sarah Joneses, but now it seems that this mistake has given her the opportunity for an instant community.
What starts as a low-stakes meet-up called “The Sarah Jones Project” soon turns sinister when another local Sarah Jones is found dead, under suspicious circumstances, at the base of the downtown Minneapolis bridge. After fielding numerous calls from concerned loved ones ruling out their Sarah as the victim, the surviving Sarahs decide to take matters into their own hands. Aided by the dead woman’s nanny, a newly commissioned (and very handsome and eligible) FBI agent, and a cloistered nun with a complicated past, the motley crew of unlikely friends are determined to get to the bottom of the murder of one of their own.
Between a budding romance and best friendship, Sarah feels like she’s in the right place at the right time, right up until the facts of the murder case begin stacking up too close to home. Can their team piece together where the deceptions lead before the killer silences someone else? (Synopsis courtesy of Goodreads.)
From the very start, I loved the unique backdrop to this book! "The Sarah Jones Project" is such a clever idea, one I wish I could be part of–would they take a Sara who doesn’t have an “h” in her name? Sarah Jones, the fitness trainer, feels as though she’s found her special friend group through other women with the same name she has, which is a welcome reprieve given she’s new to town.
What starts out as a friend group turns into so much more–a sleuthing group. A possible murderous group. Sarah felt sure she could trust everyone, one Sarah Jones in particular who has become her newfound bestie, but it’s hard not to question everything with a Sarah Jones dead and another receiving threats to stave off the hunt to discover what really happened at the downtown Minneapolis bridge.
One minute, I felt sure as to who killed Sarah Jones. But then again, with so many twists and turns, it’s hard to pinpoint what really happened and who is really the biggest suspect. Through it all, I loved reading the chat messages between all of the Sarahs, who identify with one another by their ages, as well as getting an inward view from fitness trainer Sarah, Sarah’s bestie (27) and even more from Sarah’s potential love interest who works for the FBI and even has the last name of Nightingale! Nightingale has a parallel storyline that ties in nicely with what is going on with the Sarahs, and the reader gets to learn more about him through his past and present experiences. Everything went well together, combining a mishmash of unusual characters to find out what really happened and solve the crime! Making Friends Can Be Murder was a definite five-star experience for me.
Thanks to Berkley for the book in exchange for an honest review.
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