One-Hit Wonder - Lisa Jewell

I guess this goes under the genre of so called "chick lit". Fans of the likes of Jane Green and Helen Fielding will love "One Hit Wonder" by Lisa Jewell. Lisa Jewell started writing as a bet after being made redundant from her secretarial job. I am sure this is now one bet she is glad to have taken up as "One Hit Wonder" is her third successful and well reviewed book. Her first novel "Ralph's Party" was the best selling debut of 1999 and a very enjoyable read I have to admit. Next there was "Thirtynothing", which was a big hit world wide, and once again an easy enjoyable read. Now in 2001"One Hit ...  Read the complete review

It becomes apparent from the early stages of One Hit Wonder that this is sort of a 'whodunit'. I say 'sort of', because one-hit-wonder singer Bee Bearhorn has by all accounts committed suicide. However, her half-sister, Ana, and best friends Lol and Flint find it hard to believe that anyone as outgoingly strong and confident as Bee could possibly find reason to kill themself. And so the three of them embark on a quest to discover what befell Bee Bearhorn, and why. Those who have read Lisa Jewell's previous books, Ralph's Party and Thirty-Nothing, will be expecting a fun and romantic story. They won't be disappointed - but they will ...  Read the complete review

I had never heard of Lisa Jewell before a friend of mine recommended her to me and I'm so glad she did. She also leant me the copy of it so I could get stuck into it right away. I was totally absorbed in this book and got completely wrapped up in it and I found myself thinking about it and the characters during the time I wasn't reading it. It is a story about a girl called Ana who goes to London to try to discover what happened to her half sister Bee who lived there and had one hit song way back in the 80's then disappeared when the next two songs flopped. She dies alone and mysteriously so Ana who never really knew her tries to discover ...  Read the complete review

The events in Lisa Jewell’s latest novel, "One Hit Wonder", begin with the death of one time pop star and media darling Bee Bearhorn, who has been found dead in a seedy rented flat in a not terribly nice area of London. Having cut herself off from her family after a fierce argument at her father ’s funeral, no-one realises Bee is dead for four days, until a neighbour becomes worried and calls the landlord. Ana Wills is Bee’s unsophisticated and much younger half-sister. Both Bee’s and Ana’s fathers are dead, and their agoraphobic mother sends Ana to clear the flat and sort out Bee’s possessions. "One Hit ...  Read the complete review

*****THE SYNOPSIS***** Bee Bearhorn had a number-one hit single in 1985 - and was never heard of again. Fifteen years later she is found dead in her flat and nobody seems to care ... But Ana Wills always day-dreamed about the exotic half-sister she hasn't seen in years. And when she comes to London to clear Bee's flat, she uncovers a life more exotic than she imagined: a secret country cottage, mysterious weekends away, and even a missing cat. With Bee's closest friends - mad Lol and strong, silent Flint - Ana sets out to discover exactly what did happen to Bee Bearhorn, the one-hit wonder ... *****MY REVIEW***** This Lisa Jewell ...  Read the complete review