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The Clique - Rhiannon Barnsley

 


Description

There’s only one way to join their society. If someone leaves, or dies…

High-flying lawyer Sara O’Neil had it all; the career, the money, the prestige.

And then she jumped to her death.

Cassandra Harlow never expected to see her friend fall from their office rooftop. Someone knows what really happened. But the only people who might know the truth are a secret women-only society, Inside, whose promise is to fast-track your career.

But if Sara was part of it and they helped facilitate her rise to the top, could they also be the reason she came crashing down to earth?

Review

The author is a corporate lawyer, so it's obviously going to be based in reality, but at times it was stretched a little too far for me.

Cass is a lawyer about to hopefully make partner, when her mentor Sara, falls to her death at the office. Cass feels a bit at sea without her guidance and suggestions on how to deal with office politics. Only it might be that Sara herself wasn't who Cass thought she was, someone with all her ducks in a row. Maybe the secret society "Inside" have some of the answers but first Cass needs to gain membership to find out. With limited membership slots it's not going to be easy.

What ensues is towards the end of the book a page turning thriller. Cass certainly has lots of guts which made for edge of the seat reading. I did wonder what Cass was going to do as her avenues became closed and her allies lessening.  I thought that in places the writing was overly descriptive and explanatory. Don't get me wrong it's a great story and I enjoyed the read, but the writing shows it as a debut novel for me.

I'm giving this book 3 out of 5 stars. My thanks to One More Chapter for the invite to read this book and to netgalley for the ARC to review. The book is published on 1 August 2024.

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