I was very interested to see what Rosemary Harris would do with women's fiction, since my experience is with her mysteries. I was very happy to discover that Bitches of Brooklyn is a great mix of female friendship, love relationships, chick-lit, and a little mystery thrown in. The premise is that 5 longtime friends, Rachel, Claire, Jane, Tina, and Abby, all originally from the Brooklyn area, meet on Cape Cod for a girl's weekend each year. This time Abby doesn't show up. Instead, she sends a fruit basket and a note saying simply, "I've run off with one of your men." Each of the women question their relationships, secretly wondering if Abby has stolen her husband or lover, and when a dead body of a woman is discovered at the local train station they fear the worst.
Harris does a terrific job of revealing the evolution of each woman's romantic entanglements and the history of their friendship, with all of its ebbs and flows. The dialogue is entertaining, the characters are interesting, and the flow of the novel includes a lot of twists and turns and revelations about 5 women and their years of friendship. Try it!
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