We Love to Entertain

A Novel

By: Sarah Strohmeyer

Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny, Caitlin Davies, Megan Tusing, Jamie Renell

“A diabolical and deliciously twisty romp through reality TV home renovations infused with humor and warmth. Sarah Strohmeyer does murder and suspense in all the best possible ways!” —Wanda M. Morris, award-winning author of All Her Little Secrets and Anywhere You Run

From the bestselling author of Do I Know You? comesa fast-paced, riveting psychological thriller that skewers our modern obsession with home renovation and fixer-uppers.

Holly and Robert Barron are attractive young real-estate investors and contestants in a competition run by To the Manor Build, the nation’s most popular home renovation app. With millions in product endorsements and online followers at stake, they’re rehabbing a Vermont home they scored at a bargain price into a chic hilltop estate ideal for entertaining.

It’s all camera-ready laughs and debates over herringbone tile until Holly and Robert go missing hours after their picture-perfect wedding—leaving behind a bloody trail.

Suspicion falls quickly on Erika Turnbull, the Barrons’ twenty-something assistant—eager, efficient, and secretly in love with Robert. Did Erika let her misguided passion turn her into a murderer? So claim the townsfolk of Snowden, Vermont, who still haven’t forgiven her for a tragic accident back in high school.

But Erika’s mother, Kim, is not about to let small-town gossip and a cop with an axe to grind destroy her daughter—again. With time running out and their own lives at risk, the mother-daughter duo set out to find what really happened to the Barrons. First, though, they’ll have to confront the vengeful former owner of Holly and Robert’s estate, ruthless reality-show producers, and a secret that might bring their own house down.

Fast-paced, full of humor, and undeniably twisty, We Love to Entertain is another winner from Sarah Strohmeyer.

I loved it

I was entertained and listened straight through. It was a bigger winner for me. I really enjoyed the narrators and want more from this author.

Quick read

Performance was great. Story is good, keeps you interested. Not an intense storyline, but good.

Not the best intro into murder mystery.

I liked the storyline for the most part but the way it is written makes me feel like a kid is trying to meet the 500 word requirement on an essay that is only 350 words deep. Too much descriptive jargon for me so it was hard to stay interested in.

The title was misleading

It could have been so much better but it just never took off. The premise was a great idea. There was just enough to keep it interesting.