4 Riverside Close

Wow!  This is one freaky story.  4 Riverside Close has a creative plot. Bored wife Caroline Swinton creates a social media dating website called "Join Me" that her neighbors in the cul-de-sac where she lives become involved in.  No one knows that Caroline is behind the website including her husband.  As creator, she is able to see what each member has posted about themselves and who they are meeting. All of these neighbors are married so there is a lot of adultery going on. 

The blurb:

"When residents of a North London cul-de-sac enrol in a seemingly innocent social network, they soon find themselves embroiled in a murky web of sinister manipulation and murder.  From the outside, Caroline and Jason Swinton have an idyllic life.  But when the cracks start to appear the residents of Riverside Close are drawn into a dangerous game. When Jason's body is discovered in a house on the close, everyone becomes a suspect.  Could his lovely wife be responsible for murder?  Or do the neighbors have a motive for wanting him dead?

The only problem that I had with the book is that the murder did not occur until page 220 of this 300 page book.  Usually this would make me bored with the book but the dating among the four couples kept me fully engaged. In fact, I did not expect a murder to happen at all. I thought that the dating/adultery was what the plot was all about and it could have carried the book. Frankly, I am disappointed that one of the characters died. It takes away from the main theme of the book - adultery.

4 out of 5 stars.