Queen Bee by Jane Fallon tells the story of newly separated Laura. When Laura’s marriage falls apart and the sale of her new house falls through she is grateful to rent a tiny flat above Gail and Ben’s garage. They live in The Close where all the houses are expensive and the women living in them high maintenance. The Queen Bee of The Close is Laura and the rest of the women living nearby seem desperate to please her.

When Stella discovers that an unknown woman has given her husband Al the gift of a book she believes him when he blames Laura and in that instant Laura becomes a social pariah. Laura refuses to be blamed for something she hasn’t done and makes it her mission to discover who gifted the book to Al and in turn discovers much more than she imagined.

Queen Bee was the first Jane Fallon book I’d read and I really enjoyed it. Although at times I was couldn’t believe how far Laura was taking her investigations into Al’s life I was desperate to keep reading and find out more about him and Stella and I was not disappointed!

This is a fast-paced story and the characters are brilliantly depicted. I’ll definitely be reading more of Jane Fallon’s books in future.

My thanks to Penguin UK – Michael Joseph and NetGalley for an Arc copy in return for an honest review.