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Sweetpea (Sweetpea series, Book 1)

By: C.J. Skuse
Narrated by: Georgia Maguire
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The last person who called me ‘Sweetpea’ ended up dead…

Rhiannon is your average girl next door, settled with her boyfriend and little dog…but she’s got a killer secret.

By day her job as an editorial assistant is demeaning and unsatisfying. By evening she dutifully listens to her friend’s plans for marriage and babies whilst secretly making a list.

A kill list.

From the man on the checkout who always mishandles her apples, to the driver who cuts her off on her way to work, to the people who have got it coming, Rhiannon’s ready to get her revenge.

Because the girl everyone overlooks might be able to get away with murder…

Readers are LOVING Sweetpea

‘Visceral, chilling and absolutely downright thrilling: I wish I had read it sooner!’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Wickedly funny’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Brilliantly dark and twisted’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This is one of the best books I have ever read’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Dark Humour Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Psychological Small Town & Rural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Scary Comedy Murder

Critic Reviews

Praise for C.J. Skuse

‘This darkly comic novel…has the potential to become a cult classic.’ Daily Mail

‘Filthy and funny… a compulsive read’ Sunday Times

‘This isn’t a book for the squeamish or the faint-hearted … think Bridget Jones meets American PsychoRed

‘Dark, depraved and devilishly delicious. A full throttle savage and satirical thriller’
John Marrs, author of The One

‘Hilarious, refreshing, dark and memorable. It doesn’t disappoint, I loved it’ Phoebe Morgan

‘You MUST read this book especially if you like your (anti) heroes dirty-mouthed, deadly and dark, dark dark. ADORED IT' Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle

‘Pitch dark, laugh-out-loud hilarious – the Sweetpea series is pure genius escapism’ Susi Holliday

‘Fascinating, intriguing and twist after twist in the tale’ Suzy K Quinn

‘Dark and wickedly funny, and as dry and acerbic as Fleabag, it’s hard not to love Rhiannon Lewis’ Claire Allan

‘Sweetpea hits all the right buttons. A dark, twisted read about a female serial killer with dollops of humour, sarcasm and a lightweight approach…keeping you gripped and on the hook, both smiling and squirming.’ Maxim Jakubowski, Lovereading

‘Witty, vulgar, sweary, darkly funny, but enthralling – a must-read for thriller fans’ My Weekly

‘This book is OUTRAGEOUS’ Compulsive Readers

‘This anti-hero is psychotic without doubt, sexually voracious and incredibly funny’ Shots magazine

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I absolutely LOVED this twisted, wicked and totally out there tale narrated by the fabulous Georgia Maguire! My first C. J. Skuse and no way my last!! 👍

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Overall I enjoyed this story but I wonder if I liked it more than I actually did because of the narration. The story is a dark comedy. It is original and well written but I found it quite repetitive. The reader does have to suspend belief quite a lot of the time or accept that the British Police are completely incompetent. I nearly DNF because I became frustrated at the repetitive nature and slow pace but am glad I did finish it in the end.

Good but a little reptative

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Something a little different. Went straight on to the second book in the series, In Bloom which I enjoyed even more than this one. However both are great reads. Dark, black humour if your into that sort of thing then you will like this. As evil as this character is I still love her can’t wait for the third book to be released.

Great book

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The humour of this book had me in stitches! For such a twisted, macabre subject, it was hilariously written and told. The narrator was brilliant and I honestly didn’t want it to end.

One of the best books I’ve ever read!

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The narrator absolutely gives life to Rhiannon and made me really feel like Rhiannon became a friend to me throughout the story. Obviously she’s dark and twisted but she’s also vulnerable and somehow you come to really understand why she is the way she is and how all of her killings are actually reactionary to what happened to her as a child. A fascinating, frightening, loveable(?) character.

Performance really does story justice

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