I would have recommended and rate this book more, had I read the first in the series. I felt like there was some background material missing.

However, that said, I did not not enjoy the book and it can be read as a standalone novel

This is a great book for anyone who loves murder mysteries. There are so many twists along the way and Jane Isaac does a great job making you love/hate the characters with her fantastic story telling.

I will be picking up the first book after reading this :)

Thanks to NetGalley, publisher and author, for allowing me to have a copy of this book, in exchange for my review. This is a very interesting story, full of police procedural details. I enjoy this author's storytelling style. Everything in the story is easy to understand and follow, even though there is plenty of detail and information to connect. I also enjoy the way characters are slowly developing as the story goes along. This book makes it very easy to forget the world around me while I'm reading it. Looking forward to reading more from this author.

Good murder mystery with twist and turns along the way. A really easy read and most enjoyable. As a lover of murder mysteries the characters came to life and I could almost see the story come to life. I give it 3.5

Though the story is familiar and predictable, the author has done a good job with the pace. More of a police procedural. An easy read. 3.5 stars

I am a big fan of this author's Will Jackman series and I really loved the series opener, that this book is the follow-up to, when I read it last year. What happens in this book can be read in isolation but, to get the very best from Beth as a character, you could do yourself a favour and read After He's Gone first.
Once again Beth is the assigned Family Liaison Officer to a recently widowed woman whose husband was killed in what looks like a deliberate hit and run. But, with the victim himself being the accused in another crime, she has a bit more of an investigative role than the usual support she needs to try to deliver. With the deceased being who he was, there are more than enough suspects to investigate and filter through before the truth, the shocking truth of the matter, eventually comes out. But not before Beth herself is targeted for her close to the edge investigating skills.
This book hits the ground running right from the start and continues in this vein pretty much all the way through as things definitely start to heat up. With an interesting and intriguing plot, tightly crafted and delivering multiple suspects from the off which all need to be whittled down to get to the crux of the heinous crimes being committed, this book delivers punch after punch as it weaves its way towards the final and rather shocking truth. It's a tale of a family torn apart by a suspected crime that happened before the action contained within the main storyline. But one that could prove key to the solving of the initial murder. But to say more would inevitable spoil things so I'll leave it at that. Needless to say that the way things eventually ended has me yearning for the next episode.
Once again Beth is front and centre of the investigation and, having connected to her so well through her first outing, I'm happy to say that she continues to impress me through this, her second. She manages to seamless combine her FLO work with her investigations, her patience and compassion making her easy to trust and confide in despite some spanners thrown in by others.
As with book one, she also has her own personal stuff to contend with, notably regarding her sister's choice in men, but she manages to juggle this pretty seamlessly with her own work, albeit at times the two colliding occasionally.
All in all a thoroughly enjoyable read that kept my attention nicely throughout, leaving me satisfied at it's conclusion but eager to resolve that which was left open. Hopefully book three will not be long in coming - I really can't wait to hook up with Beth once again to find out what happens next.

I really enjoyed this story - I thought that it was a brilliant read!

This was an action packed book that was full of content too!

I thought that it was a very good read and the attention to detain was perfect.

The author did a great job bringing the story to life, the characters were believable and the story was excellent all round.

It was a thoroughly gripping read - very highly recommended!

Very unsettling and hard to put down. There were so many twists that made this a sure page- turner.
The plot was so intricate- very well written.

3 murders in 2017 somehow link to a suicide in 1996, the second book in the Beth Chamberlin series has a engrossing plot which left me not wanting to put the book down

Recommended highly

A really good read with lots of twists and turns. A fast paced police thriller,victims are piling up,what's there connection,can they catch the killer before he strikes again.

This is the second book in the Beth Chamberlain series. Beth is a DC in the Northamptonshire force acting as a Family Liaison Officer. The book starts with a shocking suicide in 1996 then the timeline switches to 2017 and the deliberate hit and run death of businessman and councillor Stuart Ingram. Stuart has been awaiting trial relating to child pornography which he vehemently denied. Too more murder occur, of of which is especially vicious. Initially, the investigative team cannot see how these three deaths connect but eventually realise they connect to the suicide of 1996.

This is a well written book with solid plotting although I feel it’s a bit slow to get going. Once the foot is firmly on the accelerator it continues as a bracing speed. I really like the character of Beth and many of the team she works with are also very likeable though I sincerely hope the snippily strident DI Andrea Leary moves up the career ladder speedily and takes her sharp tongue elsewhere. The dilemma that Stuart Ingram's wife Gina faces of whether to stand by her man in the face of unsavoury accusations is well portrayed. There is also interesting and thought provoking sections where Stuart is put on trial in the court of public opinion and convicted long before his official trial where the evidence is presented correctly. I think Jane Isaac makes valid points here as some people are quick to judge and they have a multitude of public forums on which to vent.

I would suggest that the books need to be read in order because characters reoccur and there is unfinished business at the end of the book which relates to Kyle Thompson who features heavily in Book 1 and continues to be a painful thorn in Beth’s side.

Overall, a twisty, gritty story that is well written as you would expect from Jane Isaac.

3-4 stars rounded up.

Thank you to NetGalley and Aria for the ARC.

Jane Isaac. Has written another chilling thriller.The characters come alive the tension is so thick.A true page turner .#netgalley#ariabooks,

For Better, For Worse by Jane Isaac is a crime fiction novel whose protagonist, Beth, I believe also features in an earlier book. It is well-written and moves along at a fast pace as DC Chamberlain and other members of the team investigate a series of three seemingly unconnected murders. The subject matter is both topical and contemporary and highlights a number of issues which are prevalent in society today.

It is the only novel by Jane Isaac that I have so far read and I like how precisely she has structured it. The story flows seamlessly and Jane ensures that her readers are kept up to speed with the investigation at all times. The novel is told mainly from Beth Chamberlain's perspective (although it's not a first person narrative) but on occasions it shifts and the reader is given access to Gina Ingram's angle - she is the first victim's widow. As the plot unfolded, thanks to the clues that Jane had carefully dispersed, it was all plausible and the ending a satisfactory one.

As well as the sinister twist at the end which offers the promise of a sequel, Beth's love life and the relationship with her sister have the potential to be explored further. Beth is a likeable character and the reader is able to empathise with her when she is faced with clashes between work and family loyalties.

I personally found there to be an excessive number of adjectives and adverbs in Chapter one which I felt were distracting yet I would have liked to have had more details provided about the car accident towards the end and thought that this moment of great drama and tension could have been exploited further. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed For better, For Worse and look forward to reading more by Jane Isaac in the future.

I got to know family liaison officer Beth Chamberlain in the first of series of books with her as the main character. I loved the first book and have been waiting to read this one, the second in the series) ever since.
It did not disappoint. You could read the book easily as a stand-alone however I can see how the character and her relationships with her family and colleagues have developed from the first book.
I like the fact Beth is a family liaison officer so we meet the families of the victims of crime in depth and it’s a little different outlook from normal crime novels. We get to see how murder effects all of the family.
Easy to read, fast paced. Loved it....now need the next one to come out.

A fabulous and well written story. I absolutely love Jane Isaac. Perhaps not her most thriller like story but absolutely fantastic