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 ...

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 ...

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 ...