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  • Cross Check: Book 2: Friendship can be murder: A murderous confessional full of twists and turns

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Cross Check: Book 2: Friendship can be murder: A murderous confessional full of twists and turns Kindle Edition

by Caron Allan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars (98)
Reviewers said:

“…the heroine is completely without morals…You really should not like her, but you find yourself wishing her every success in her increasingly bizarre schemes and personal entanglements”

“Outstandingly witty, daft, exciting and so enjoyable!! This is the best book I have read in a long time. Exquisite!!”

“…enables the reader to enter into the twisted world of the main character … reading her journal … you take voyeuristic pleasure in her inner thoughts, plans & audacious exploits” “This is the funniest story I've read in a long time. We follow along as Cressida helps family and friends solve some annoying issues. How does she do that, you ask? Murder, pure and simple...sometimes not so simple. The ending of this book two of the series is dramatic for all, but especially for Cressida.”

Cressida Barker-Powell, spoiled society girl and recent widow is back, and back with a vengeance. She is making a list and cross-checking it twice. If you’re on her list, you’re dead. No ifs. No buts. No maybes. She’s making the world a better place for the few people she cares about, and if someone’s got to die to make that happen, so be it.

But with a new man in her life, a baby on the way and two small children to care for, it’s not easy to fit in her murderous activities. At the same time, she yearns to be a better person for the sake of her impromptu family. If only she could just get rid of a few more unpleasant people, then she could get back to being the earth-mother and matchmaker she knows is her true gift.

Find out just how Cressida juggles poisonings and suffocations with ante-natal clinic appointments and the school run in this, the second book of the trilogy. As in the first book, Criss Cross, Cressida uses her journal to plot murder and analyse her feelings.

Buy Cross Check: Friendship Can Be Murder: Book 2 now for a dark, humorous tale of murder, revenge and choosing the right outfit for a dastardly deed.

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'I barely had time to sit down with my hot chocolate when she said, as if she’d been brooding on it for a long time and couldn’t hold back a moment longer, “So how easy would it be to hire a hit man, do you think?”
Back to that again. As I looked at her, she added, “Also, how much do you think they’d charge, because I could only go up to about £5,000. By the way, you’ve got a marshmallow moustache.”
"Henrietta,” I began, “we’ve already gone into this…” but she interrupted, still agitated, turning to face me, and clutching my hands.
“I’m desperate, Cressida. I’d do anything to help Mavis and get rid of that odious man. You have no idea what it’s like, day after day, the strain we’re under. I can’t do it anymore. All I want is to spend the rest of my life with the woman I love.”
“Well you won’t be able to do that if you’re in prison for conspiracy to commit murder, will you?” I said waspishly. Nabbing a teaspoon and giving it a wipe on the hem of my Paul Smith shirt. (I’ve just been such a scruff since I found out I was pregnant but of course the great thing is, here in the country, it doesn’t matter how bad one looks as no one here has any fashion savvy anyway.) I began to clear a path through the rapidly deflating aerosol cream to the gooey marshmallow raft afloat on the sea of hot chocolate. Yum!
“Only if one gets caught. I shouldn’t get caught,” Henrietta declared in her nice grammar.

Buy Cross Check: Friendship Can Be Murder: Book 2 now for a dark, humorous tale of murder, revenge and choosing the right outfit for a dastardly deed.

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About the Author

Caron lives in Derbyshire, England, where Jane Austen's Mr Darcy came from. She hasn't met him yet, but nevertheless clings to the dream. She writes mysteries and crime but sometimes dabble in other genres, such as romance or paranormal fantasy.

Like many writers, Caron always wanted to write stories. She can remember announcing this to her mother when she was eight years old. Caron says, 'I seem to remember she wasn't overly impressed.'

Caron started reading adventure stories and mysteries for children when she was around 7 or 8 and graduated to Agatha Christie and Patricia Wentworth (her faves) when around 9 or 10. She has never looked back.

Caron has tried writing literary fiction - and says she was terrible at it. She has tried writing romance but got bored and killed everyone off. So now she sticks to what she loves - murder mysteries.

The Dottie Manderson mysteries are set in the 1930s and feature Dottie, a terminally-nosy well-to-do young woman, book 1 is called Night and Day. The Friendship Can Be Murder series are set 'now' and written as diary entries by a posh woman, Cressida Barker-Powell, who has a low tolerance for bad people, and plans to begin with her mother-in-law. The new series The Miss Gascoigne Mysteries set in the 'swinging sixties' debuted in 2022 with book 1: A Meeting With Murder.

Caron Allan can be found on these social media channels and would love to hear from you:

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00I2AUU0K
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Caron Allan
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 25, 2014
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 627 KB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 502 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 2 of 3 ‏ : ‎ Friendship can be murder
  • Best Sellers Rank: #2,180,265 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars (98)

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Caron lives in Derbyshire, England, where Jane Austen's Mr Darcy came from. She hasn't met him yet, but nevertheless clings to the dream. She writes mysteries and crime but sometimes adds in a little dash of romance or fantasy.

Like many writers, Caron always wanted to write stories. She can remember announcing this to her mother when she was eight years old. Caron says, ‘I seem to remember she wasn't overly impressed.’

Caron started reading adventure stories and mysteries for children when she was around 7 or 8 and graduated to Agatha Christie and Patricia Wentworth (her faves) when around 9 or 10. She has never looked back.

Caron has tried writing literary fiction – she was terrible at it. She has tried writing romance but got bored and killed everyone off. So now she sticks to what she loves - murder mysteries. The Dottie Manderson mysteries are set in the 1930s and feature a terminally-nosy well-to-do young woman, the Miss Gascoigne mysteries are set in the 1960s and a spin-off from the Dottie books, and the Friendship Can Be Murder series are set 'now' and written as diary entries by a posh woman, Cressida Barker-Powell, who plans to make the world a better place by getting rid of bad people, starting with her mother-in-law.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
98 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

  • JG
    5.0 out of 5 stars Prepare for the kick
    Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2023
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    Cressida is such a character. She’s fiercely loyal, until she isn’t. She’s such a upscale flake. But a very well written one.
    There was less murder this time than last, maybe. But who has time to go around murdering when there’s kids to be taken care of.
    Also, I got to the end of this one and went “what?! No!!” Flip, flip, flip where’s the 3rd book, need to read where this is going. Lol.
    If you like cozy murder, read it. You won’t regret it.
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  • Lulubelle
    4.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful Ending!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2020
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    Book 2 presents a variety of new social situations for our heroine. Don't have time to write....must find the next tome because Book 2 ends with a cliffhanger!
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  • Cathlin J. Barry
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable
    Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2016
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    I got to like Cress by the end of the first book and in this one, she becomes even more likable. It might be the motherhood/impending motherhood she has thrust upon her. They say in Texas a valid defense for murder is "He/she needed killing" and in Cress's case, that's certainly true. Or she thinks it is, which is what counts. This was a fun read and I'm looking forward to reading the third book in the series.
    2 people found this helpful
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  • Platinum1937
    5.0 out of 5 stars How to murder some annoying people
    Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2017
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    This is the funniest story I've read in a long time. We follow along as Cressida helps family and friends solve some annoying issues. How does she do that, you ask? Murder, pure and simple...sometimes not so simple. The ending of this book two of the series is dramatic for all, but especially for Cressida.
    One person found this helpful
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  • Girl Scout
    3.0 out of 5 stars The Saga continues
    Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2022
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    One misperceived act has had such an avalanche effect on some many lives. What a tangled web of lies, deceit and revenge.
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  • MLU
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
    Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2018
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    Great story......kept me intrigued throughout the book!!!
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  • Liz Boussard
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great dramatic but funny read.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2017
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    Lots of twists and turns. Hard to put it down.
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  • Virginia E. Demarce
    2.0 out of 5 stars What an obnoxious woman!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2017
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    I found the heroine in this series so unlikeable that I ended up permanently deleting it from my Kindle.
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  • MummyC
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 14, 2018
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    Still as immaculate as the first book! Witty, exciting and what a cracker of an ending - so unexpected! Excuse me, I need to go read the next book and find out what happens.....
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  • Dumplz
    4.0 out of 5 stars This is murder
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2018
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    I wish this book hadn't finished like it did I wanted to keep reading. It's getting hard to put the story down but what does Cress do with her diary when she leaves the house because it doesn't say if she hides it and it is her confession.
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  • S Cameron
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2017
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    Great read. Warm, funny, exciting. The heroine's character develops beautifully in this second book. My favourite book of the three. Beautifully written.
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  • Jessrichfifi
    5.0 out of 5 stars ... it had been a longer book it was that good. Full of the usual quirkiness
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2016
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    Finished in just a few days and wished it had been a longer book it was that good. Full of the usual quirkiness. Cant wait for book three!!
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  • amanda barker
    4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyed the first book so much that I actually seeked ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2015
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    enjoyed the first book so much that I actually seeked out this follow up .. I am now hooked and cant wait for 'Check Mate'
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