Book Review - Tipping Point by Emily Benet

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Title: Tipping Point

Author: Emily Benet

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Author supplied copy

Publisher: Self published

Publication Date: 5th May 2020

Rating: 4 Stars

The sun ... the ocean ... the farmhouse ... the scammer... the police... the 3-legged dog?

George and Ellen have retired to sunny Mallorca. Social butterfly Ellen is itching to make yacht-owning friends while George's heart is set on a secluded farmhouse in the country. In fact, now that they're no longer living busy London lives, they're beginning to realise they have very different ideas of happiness.

Private investigator Salva specialises in cases of adultery. That's why it's particularly embarrassing that he didn't realise his long-term girlfriend has been cheating on him. He has no time to nurse a broken heart, since his family are the victims of a property scam they urgently need him to solve.

Robyn Chase is giving talks on her self-help book, No More Toxic Relationships - 7 Years, 7 Lessons. She's finding it awkward being a relationship guru when her own boyfriend is avoiding her.

The sun is shining in Mallorca and everything looks beautiful. But the residents of one particular apartment block are about to discover it all might be too good to be true.

Well that certainly kept me guessing throughout.  The first line of the blurb really does give a fabulous insight as to the contents of the book. 

The Sun.... well the book is set in Mallorca, and it really is sunny there, and it features chapters from the viewpoints of Salva, Ellen, George and Robyn.   Robyn's chapters are written in italics which distinguishes them and her voice from the others, as hers are her current diary entries.  Salva is a private investigator, has recently been dumped and his whole family have come to stay in his small apartment.  While Ellen and George have just moved to Mallorca and all of them are living in the same building. 

The ocean... Ellen can't understand why George insisted on not only moving them to Mallorca but also wanting a place so inland that they aren't near the ocean.  Whereas Salva and Robyn do some paddleboarding in the ocean,and once scene of that definitely stands out. 

The farmhouse - completely central to the plot, at least for Ellen and George,  as they deliberate long and hard whether this is the property they really want to buy. 

The scammer - ah yes there is certainly a scammer in this book and its part of the reason Salva is spending nights on friends couches, while his family take over his apartment.  There are also conmen in this story, and well with thoughts of scammers, fraud etc.. well it almost makes you wonder why people move to Mallorca! 

The police - hmm the local Spanish police seem completely uninterested in anything that is going on! 

Ah the three-legged dog, a key part on the scam, and potentially the biggest clue to working out the truth of who they are! 

There are assorted new friendships, there is a marriage that is really not looking that secure as it is clear how different both parties are, and then there is Robyn.  She is clearly hiding things, and as a reader I had an inkling about some of it, but not to the full extent. 

Definitely a book that keeps you on your toes, as you try to work out just how everything will come together and potentially unravel at the same time.  The last quarter or so I could barely tear myself away from, as you are moving towards a great climax. 

I'd have loved some more of Mallorca in there, didn't really get a feel for the island, which is a shame as 10 years ago this year, I spent 2 summers on the island working and would have loved in this scary new world to have travelled their in my armchair! 

Another really good book from Emily Benet, not my favourite but still an entertaining story. 

Thank you to the author for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.