A Good Place to Hide a Body" had me hooked right from the start. The story is full of twists and turns, with interesting characters that really draw you in. The dark, creepy vibe makes it even more gripping, and I found myself flipping pages late into the night.

It does slow down a bit in the middle, but the pace picks up again with a great ending that ties everything together nicely. If you’re into mystery and crime with a psychological twist, this one’s definitely worth checking out!

Thank you Hodder & Stoughton and Netgalley this was exactly what I needed for the Bank Holiday weekend which wasn’t as planned weather wise.
Brilliant I loved this,
I loved the character of Penny and understood her exasperation with elderly parents and then a dead body! I couldn’t put this down.
Lots of surprises and great characters.
This really kept me entertained and is highly recommend it.

The story is narrated by Penny, a divorced woman in her 50s, juggling the challenges of raising her teenage son, Zach, while caring for her elderly parents, Sissy and Heath. As her parents struggle with aging, physical limitations, and the financial burden of maintaining their large family home, Penny is unable to provide the financial help they need. In a desperate move, they decide to rent out the self-contained basement annex, where the seemingly perfect tenant, Cooper, moves in.

But Cooper isn’t the answer to their problems—instead, he becomes the source of new ones. What begins as a hopeful solution quickly turns into a nightmare, as Penny and her parents find themselves terrorised by the very person they thought would help.

While there are moments of humour and lightness, the underlying sense of dread and tension is palpable. The tenant’s horrifying behaviour, simmering with pure evil. It’s a gripping and intense read.

I really enjoyed this book, which has a dark humor I appreciate. I definitely laughed at some inappropriate parts- The story might be a bit exaggerated, but it is full of suspense and unexpected twists, and its simple to read and follow. It's one of those books that can easily get you out of a reading slump. It’s fast-paced, well-written, and really fun to read. Don't read any reviews or spoilers before you start! Thanks Netgalley for an e-ARC.

Laura Marshall does it again! A Good Place to Hide a Body is gripping, twisting and thrilling. I will definitely be recommending this book to any thriller lover.

I thought this was really cleverly done I liked the cross of it being thriller but with some humour in it as well.
Sissy was my favourite character and I really think she could be the star of her own series!
I always think that sometimes the simplest storylines like having a nightmare neighbour or tenant is so much more sinister as it really could happen to anyone!

Overall this was a book that I flew through and really enjoyed.

An entertaining read with plenty of dark humour and laughs. Penny’s life seems to centre around everyone else. Her teenage son, her elderly parents - even her ex-husband. No-one pays her any attention, until she persuades her parents to take in a lodger and Cooper moves in. However, appearances can be deceptive and Cooper turns out to be the tenant from hell who refuses to leave. The police pay no attention to his anti-social behaviour and criminal dealings - if only there was an easy way to get rid of him…
Easy to read, although I found Penny to be a slightly frustrating protagonist.

Thanks to Hodder and Staughton, and NetGalley for the eArc of the book. Really appreciate it.

So, we start off the book with Penny, who looks after her parents, whining about what an inconvenience they are. At first, I wasn’t sure I was going to like this one too much as the narrator slightly grated on me. She improves as the story goes on, which is what made me give it a 4 star in the end.

I don’t want to give the entire plot away, so I will just say I could t put it down in the end, and was anticipating that the murderer will get caught. But it wraps up nicely and enjoyed the twists in the story.

An entertaining novel with an unusual heroine and lots of twists and turns. Full of dark humour and interesting choices, it hooked me from the beginning and I enjoyed reading it throughout. I particularly liked Penny's parents - Sissy was very entertaining throughout. This is a perfect holiday read.
Thank you Netgalley.

Penny will do anything for her elderly parents. But getting rid of Cooper is harder than it seems. He is the tenant from hell, and manages to get away with it every time. But one night, her parents find a permanent solution and Penny needs to help them clean it up.
The story is told from Penny's point of view. A great read.

Penny’s parents are struggling to cope money wise do they rent out their small basement flat to Cooper Brownlow. Not one if their better ideas. He’s into drugs and all sorts of other things. And then won’t leave the flat. He dies and this is how to get rid of his body and the hilarity that ensues. Pennys mother is a consummate actress. It’s really very clever and just when you think you know what’s going on it goes somewhere else completely. Loved it.

I really enjoyed this and I now want some back stories of the Mum! It was funny, silly, and enjoyable - I would recommend for a light read

Thank you for my early access in exchange for a review . I have enjoyed this authors previous books .
This is a great read which covers important topics which many people can relate to .
Light and funny in places but tense and unnerving in others.
Explores complex family dynamics and situations in a modern society.
Moral questioning as I examined these as a woman and a parent .
What would you do in this context?

I will admit that the story in the book is compelling. But there's a sense of forced unity among the main characters. The novel captures the reader's attention from the beginning and then progressively wanes in intensity...
The characters didn't resonate with me, despite the fact that I thought the author's writing was excellent!

This is a story about a fictional female that many readers of the genre will empathise with: Penny is a divorcee in her fifties and trying to balance the demands of a teenage son, elderly parents, a demanding job and a still-too-high mortgage on a family home that is now too big. To create some financial breathing space, Penny decides to rent out the self-contained basement space, but she comes to regret this decision when the initially charming tenant she acquires, Cooper, turns out to be increasingly menacing. But will he get his come-uppance? And who in this twisty, well-written novel, literally gets away with murder? A fantastic, fast-paced read that is best read on a light-filled, sunny summer afternoon, if only to offset the many instances of tension and dark humour. Highly recommended! Thank you to NetGalley and to the publishers for the ARC that I was gifted and that allowed me to produce this unbiased review.

A Good Place To Hide A Body by Laura Marshall is a wonderfully entertaining read, with excellent characters and a deceptively funny storyline.
Penny is the daughter of two elderly parents.
One night Penny gets a call from her father, asking Penny to come over straight away and not to phone the police. Penny drives over straight away and is puzzled to see both of her parents looking as they normally do. It isn’t them that they want Penny to see, it is their tenant Cooper that they need help with.
That’s because he is dead, and one of her parents have killed him. They decide to move the body to the allotment that her parents have. There is an Anderson shelter there and they can hide his body in there for now.
They soon have to move the body again and take the body back to the parents garden, planning to bury Cooper in the garden and have the area paved.
It carries on like this for some more frantic episodes, when Penny’s son is kidnapped, Cooper’s mother gets invoked and eventually someone else is charged with the murder
Penny’s parents live quite happily without their disruptive tenant and prefer their grandson as the new tenant.
Entertaining, silly, funny and likeable characters.
Highly recommended

The theme of selective ageism is popping up in numerous books currently: the ‘invisibility’ of women of a certain age. Laura Marshall’s new book, A Good Place to Hide a Body takes it to a whole new level though. Here, the reader’s eyes are opened to how the world casts aside older people who it no longer has any use for because these once fit and able-bodied individuals are no longer able to contribute to society in the way they were once used to. We also see how their children now have to parent their own parents – and let me tell you from experience, that’s no easy task!

Penny is a full-fledged, bonafide, card-carrying member of the sandwich generation!

She’s finding that she needs to spend more and more time tending to the needs of her elderly parents Sissy (who’s rather sassy) and Heath. It becomes increasingly clear to her that they’re in dire need of a financial boost, one that she’s not able to give. She’s got her 19-year-old son Zach to worry about, and hasn’t quite recovered from her divorce from his father Martin. She feels rather depleted in all ways!

When her parents stubbornly refuse to downsize, it’s decided that the best idea will be for them to take in a tenant to live in the self-contained basement annex of their dilapidated house. Connor seems charming at first, but of course turns out to be the tenant from hell. Far from being the solution to all of their problems, Penny quickly realizes that she’s welcomed the devil himself into their midst.

And that’s not all she has to worry about. As all the balls she’s been struggling to juggle – her job, navigating her relationship with her son and his growingly apparent issues and trying to deal with an ex who appears to be having his own mid-life crisis – start to crash around her, Penny knows exactly where it all started going wrong. But what can she do about it? Everywhere she turns feels like a dead end, and everyone who she turns to is unable (or unwilling to help).

Have you ever been in a situation that feel so absolutely desperate, with no solution, other than one that is just unthinkable?!

This is a harrowing story, but Laura Marshall injects her own unique brand of (dark) humour throughout, making it unputdownable! I have no doubt that situations similar to these happen more often than we know. I got so angry when Penny approached a lawyer for advice, sure that there would be some reasonable, legal way to resolve their dilemma, only to be told that the law favoured the tenant! What??!! It’s so hard to believe that there are deceitful, evil miscreants out there, who deliberately set out to take advantage of others … but there are! I had to keep reminding myself that this was fiction.

Classic heart rate quickening thriller just waiting for the perpetrator to get caught! I enjoyed this, and thought that the characters were generally well written and likeable - a little bit silly at times but that sort of added to it. A bit glass onion/murder mystery film vibes.

I loved this , it was a quick, funny, easy to read beach read ( I was on the beach).
I liked thee characters, even the ex husband and that relationship, and I wanted to see what happened next!!
It's my first from this author and won't be the last.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Avoid it.
For women of Penny's generation, being on hand for elderly parents is just part of life. But for Penny, things have become a little more serious...
When she receives a frantic phone call from her parents one night, with express instructions NOT to call the police, Penny rushes over at once. But they haven't had a fall. They haven't forgotten their computer passwords. They've killed someone. And his body is lying in the garden, right next to the rose bushes. Everyone is capable of murder. They just need to meet the right person.
Sorry it wasn't my cup of tea.
Thanks to NetGalley and Hodder Straughten for giving me an advance copy.