oh. my. goodness. this book was absolutely incredible!!!! i had so much fun reading this book. it was lovely and wonderful and amazing. thank you so much to netgalley for letting me read this book before the publication date!!!

Dressed as My Little Pony (don’t ask…!), Jeanie is enduring her hen weekend, the whole event choreographed by her control freak sister – and there are three more sisters too, none of them anyone’s ideal company, along with her mother who’s very much on automatic pilot after the loss of her husband. Jeanie’s still grieving too – but this weekend is all about “fun” (allegedly…), so thank goodness for besties Amber and Clio at her side. Six months on, and the Bad Girls Detective Agency has had a few successes – but their next case is one they can’t help stumbling over, a victim of stabbing, most definitely dead, lying on the dance floor wearing one of the hens’ T-shirts. Jeanie was already having doubts about her impending marriage – fiancé Tan hasn’t been at all himself recently, and she was worried he might have been having second thoughts too – but this feels like one of the worst omens possible.

But the weekend continues in accordance with Nicola’s spreadsheet, more “fun” along with the stag party who were also at the club that night – but so does their investigation, with Amber trying to get one over on her former police colleagues, Clio dashing in without any thought to her own personal safety, and the day of the wedding fast approaching for poor Jeanie. And the story gets darker and darker, with drug finds and underworld connections, moments when they all find themselves in very real danger, individuals who aren’t who they appear to be intent on thwarting their efforts, and a situation that gets closer to home than they’d ever expected – and with multiple suspects for that initial death on the dance floor.

The whole story is told at breakneck speed, lurching from one crisis to the next – and I particularly liked the way the frenetic pace was marked by a countdown, both from the murder and to the time of the perhaps ill-fated wedding. The characterisation is as fantastic as ever. There’s the really special friendship between those wonderful Agency ladies, every exchange laugh-out-loud but often really touching too – and a whole other layer with the relationships between the family members, the sisters truly horrendous until their family loyalties slowly come into play. The mystery at the story’s core is endlessly intriguing, a real page-turner with its multiple twists and turns, unexpected discoveries and clever bits of misdirection – but this time there’s a convincing family drama that plays out too, with a fair bit of emotion attached, and that was something I really enjoyed.

Everything I loved about the first book – although I’d say you’d be fine if you chose to read this one as a standalone, just to get the flavour – and the most perfect addition to a series I’m thoroughly enjoying. Sheer fun from its beginning to its unexpectedly emotional ending – and one I’d very much recommend.

I really enjoyed book 1 in this series so was looking forward to book 2!

Jeannie is about to marry fiance Tan so her 4 very different sisters are throwing her a hen weekend and she is hoping that best friends, and detective agency partners, Amber and Clio will help her stay sane throughout! But when Jeannie write literally trips over a dead body on the dancefloor. The weekend takes a very unexpected swerve and the Bad Girls Detective Agency are very well placed to get stuck into the investigation.

What follows is a good solid mystery with some great characters who I enjoyed seeing develop from book 1. A great addition to the series and I am looking forward to what comes next for agency!

Such a heartwarming, fun, cozy whodunit mystery with a pinch of complicated family and loving friends. I loved the dynamics between the family members and best friends. Everyone was distinguished and unique in their own way. Also fabulous that these characters are older.
The ending had me tearing up a bit.

A mystery on the English Coast. What a great setting and an mystery you won't want to put down. Will the friends be able to solve the mystery of the murder in this small English town?

What a fun, interesting, engaging and twisty read and one I couldn't put down. I love the story and the plot, the characters and the setting, they all worked so well together to bring me a great read. It had it all and more but best of all it made me laugh. It is an enjoyable, entertaining and fun read and I highly recommend this and all the books in this series.

Thank you NetGalley and Boldwood Books for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

I adored the first book in this series, and this second book did not disappoint. It is humorous and entertaining while still providing a really fun mystery.

Jeannie is (finally) marrying Tan, so her sisters and best friends have planned a hen weekend. This is a hen weekend to remember, especially given that Jeannie trips over a body at a club. The body is wearing one of Jeannie’s hen weekend t-shirts and it is not long before Jeannie and her best friends, Clio and Amber, are wrapped up in the investigation.

This series is just an absolute blast. It is lighthearted and throughout this book I was laughing out loud. The actual mystery was great and kept me guessing. I love that The Bad Girls Detective Agency was back at it, and I can’t wait for the next installment.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book. I leave this review voluntarily.

Favorite Quotes:

She and Nicola were the golden twins. They had apparently fought a fierce battle to come out of the womb first and hadn’t stopped since, their ferocious rivalry spurring both of them on to stratospheric heights. Childhood family games of Trivial Pursuit had frequently led to fisticuffs and Twister was banned in the Martin household for fear it would lead to a repeat of The Great Battle of Christmas 1990.

His dark beard was so impressive it deserved its own Instagram account.

She caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror and gasped in horror. Not so much a blushing bride as a victim of a zombie apocalypse.

Pen looked as if she had spent last night bathing in Evian while being massaged by angels. Being near her made Clio shrivel by comparison.

Pies devoured, she was grabbing handfuls of cakes now. Pink, white, honey-glazed, she didn’t care. She just kept shoving them in her mouth. Crumbs were flying around her like the confetti… At other tables, people guarded their cakes and their teapots, as if expecting her to attack.

Clio looked a little too enthusiastic for Amber’s liking. The kickboxing instructor had reported back to Amber that Clio scared him and asked whether she had any unresolved issues.

...it felt like they were strangers at a bad party before anyone finds the booze.


My Review:

I’ve had so much fun reading this series that I never want it to end. Katie Marsh has such a delightful wit that I want to immerse myself in her entire listing. Her brilliant and clever arrangements of words were buoyant, agile, and so keenly honed they kept a smooth reel flowing through my gray matter and often had me chuckling as well as barking aloud with laughter. In addition to the hilarious scenarios the trio fell into and the unfortunate hen party activity choices forced upon them, a well-plotted mystery was afoot that only the Bad Girls could have solved. I adore them all and am eagerly awaiting the next installment.

A rather frenetic mystery featuring best friends and fellow private investigators Amber, Clio and Jeanie. All the action takes place on Jeanie’s hen weekend. A murder at the club gets the investigators aiming to find the killer while Jeanie’s sisters have planned a hectic weekend of activities. Lots of twists and turns, and Jeanie’s emotions are all over the place when she thinks her fiancé is trying to back out of the wedding.

I had fun in reading the first novel in this series and had fun in reading the new one, a cozy mystery featuring a group of women sleuth the days before Jeanie's wedding.
It starts with a hen night from the hell that was imposed by Jeanie’s formidable sisters, including a terrible costume.
A body is found on the dancefloor while our heroines are having a sort of fun and the Bad Girls investigates.
There's a lot of humorous parts in this mystery and I enjoyed it even if the mystery took the backseat at times.
I was glad to catch up with the characters and laughed out loud. It's a fast and enjoyable read.
Recommended.
Many thanks to Boldwood Books and Rachel's Random Resources for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Jeanie’s hen weekend is being carefully managed by her sister Nicola, a headteacher with a clipboard and a printed schedule, Nicola’s twin sister Charlotte, the barrister, and younger sisters Emma, the artist, and Pen, the footballer. The comparisons between Jeanie, the mother of young twins, and her high-achieving sisters come to the fore in a chaotic hen party.
“They shone so bright Jeanie dwindled to nothingness.”
Just when her hen party could not be worse, Jeanie trips over the body of a young woman wearing one of her hen party t-shirts. She gets locked into a cupboard by a crazed barmaid who seems to have a hold over Jeanie’s fiancé Tan, and then her driver turns out to be the local drug queen, who threatens Jeanie’s children.
Will this wedding even happen?
Jeanie is not always likable. She is scared of her shadow, overacts, and screams at the slightest thing. She allows her family to dominate her, and her character arc is very weak.
This is an action-packed and fun mystery with a cast of women who care deeply about one another.

The second book with these 3 private detectives is a fast paced, hilarious and completely unrealistic! It is a fun read from start to finish; not just a murder investigation but a heart warming tale of love and friendship.

This uses the mystery element perfectly and had that feel that I was looking for. I wanted to solve what was going on in this world and was invested in what was happening. It had great characters that made me care what was happening to them. Katie Marsh has a great writing style and glad I got to read this.

This is a riotous look at how women approach a hen weekend. Women of various generations as well to add that extra level of humour.
When a body turns up literally on the dance floor, it's a good job tje detective agency is on hand to help out.
There are some proper funny laugh out loud moments. I can picture women running in high heels with their feather boa streaming behind them.
This is the second in the series, I haven't read the first, but it didn't matter. I didn't enjoy this enough to go back and read book one though, and will look out for more from this author.

This a is lovely break from the darkness I usually read, with a mystery at the centre. I loved it.

2.5* Started of all right, but lost me sort of halfway through.

Jeanie’s on her hen do, which she seems to have been bullied into by her sisters. Sisters that are old enough to know that some things just ain’t funny anymore. Or weren’t ever. Anyway, Jeanie tries to make an escape and stumbles over a dead body.

With a day to go before Jeanie’s wedding, friends (and co-workers at the bad girl detective agency) Amber, Clio and Jeanie decide to investigate. Chapters are told alternating from their three perspectives.

At first I liked Amber and Jeanie, but Clio not so much. But both Clio and Jeannie seem a bit dense. Perhaps it was the advantage of seeing all three perspectives that made some twists obvious from a mile away, or perhaps the writer was a bit too obvious about things.

I stopped liking Jeanie when she became whiny, seriously disliked her when she started arguing stealing a car is a crime. She was fleeing quite possibly from the murderer and she was on her way to protect her children from criminals that might hurt them. And under those circumstances she wants to take the moral high ground and not take someone else’s car?

The book follows on 6 months after the initial book in the series – with Jeanie on her hen weekend before getting married to Tan, the father of her 18 month twins. There is the usual friends and family politics of such a weekend – but then there’s a murder on the dancefloor. (Interestingly the song of the same name by Sophie Ellis-Bextor appears to be a timeless classic, with my teenage kids enjoying it when out clubbing just like we did back in the 90s – even before Saltburn made it a global hit recently!)

Now I’m just going to throw up a little niggle at this point. The murder victim has the same surname as the crime family in the first book of the series, and it’s a distinctive surname, not a Smith or a Price – but NO ONE MENTIONS THIS AT ALL. I’m assuming this is an oversight – and the surname may even change before the book is published – but it seemed really odd to pedantic old me!

Since solving the murder of Clio’s ex husband in book one, the ladies have formed a detective agency – and use their skills to try and solve this new murder. There are lots of references to the first book – and characters that reappear (like Marg the septuagenarian drug dealer) but I think it would still stand alone, as enough of the back stories are explained if needed. However, I think reading ‘How Not To Murder Your Ex’ first would be a good plan (and it’s currently free to download if you have Prime!)

Whilst this is primarily a ‘cosy mystery’ – there are lots of other issues discussed too – family dynamics, relationship secrets and lies, female friendships to name but a few. The different characters – particularly Jeanie’s sisters – are well described and thought out, and the camaraderie between Jeanie, Clio and Amber is again evident. I also liked the storyline of Jeanie’s relationship with her own Mum.

Overall I really enjoyed this new book – another fun and escapist read – and I’m looking forward to seeing what the Bad Girls Detective Agency get up to next!

Thank you to Boldwood Books and Net Galley for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Another cracking read from Katie Marsh and I was excited for the return of the Bad Girls.

It’s the run up to Jeannie’s wedding, and when a young woman is murdered at the same venue as her hen night, the girls are back on the case, but so are the police and Clio does not want to risk being interrogated by Marco again! Once the team find connections with the case that are closer to home than they would like, they are in a race against time to solve the case before the wedding, because if they can’t, there might not be a wedding!

Once again, I loved the humour and brilliant one liners, which had me roaring with laughter. The plot was very well written and although I did work out part of it, it was a lot more in depth than I was expecting, so it definitely kept me guessing with some great twists along the way.

4 ⭐️ Thanks to Netgalley, Katie Marsh and Boldwood for an ARC in return for an honest review.

This is my first time reading a book by this author but I thoroughly enjoyed it so much that was I started it I read it in one sitting.

The story and the characters were amazing in this book and I loved them all, so much so that I have now purchased the first book in this series to find out more about them as I just loved the story and the characters, who goes out on their hen do only to fall over a dead body not many but with the unexpected comes the good, solve a murder and a little family bonding. It was so good, there was laughter, tears but all round beautiful bonding.

I would highly recommend reading this book as once you start it you won’t be able to put it down, so be prepared, it’s such a good book if you like a mystery even if you don’t I think that you would love it.

I would like to thank NetGalley for giving me the chance to read and review this book early as it’s amazing.

This was an all-around fun book to read. I enjoyed the fresh storyline and was unable to predict what came next! I think anyone who loves suspense and a quick read will enjoy this book!

This was a new author to me but I love a good old murder mystery so ordered this on that basis. I'm afraid I found myself disappointed in this. The book felt much more like a chick lit/rom com type situation with love of silly somewhat childish parts and very little mystery despite the murder happening at the beginning. This for me did make the story drag a bit. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Murder on the Dancefloor is the second book in a series that follows three best friends who have a detective agency. In this one, a girl in found dead while they are at a hen weekend. They investigate and try to catch the killer before the big wedding.

I enjoyed this book. I love the characters and their dynamics and interactions. The twists and the mystery are interesting and engaging as well. I read this book pretty fast and it was a quick read. It’s more cozy than just a regular mystery/thriller. I liked the lead up to the wedding as well.

I do feel like there was a bit more family drama than I would’ve liked in a mystery. However, it was still a quick, interesting book.

Thanks so much to netgalley and Boldwood Books for the arc of this book in exchange for an honest review!