Elle’s dreams of married bliss are shattered by David’s dalliances.  She needs a new life-plan and it’s thrust upon her by her tiger-loving aunt in India.

Converted to the cause, she’s now committed to combating cruel animal exploitation whether it’s trading in endangered animal parts or trophy hunting.

But she can’t do it on her own. What she needs is money and a terrific team beneath her. What she gets is an assortment of amazing women with their own agendas. But the battle is getting bigger. There’s a mysterious mastermind building an execrable empire on the back of craved creatures’ carcasses.

The Sisterhood are devious, deadly and dedicated – but not necessarily to Elle’s cause. Can they succeed in getting what they want? Can Elle find her nemesis? Be they in England, America, Russia or China – they’re all going to have a damned good try.

My Review

I’m not sure what I’ve just read! At times it’s so bonkers that I started to question my own sanity. But it’s certainly entertaining and that’s what I look for in a good story.

If I wanted reality, I’d read non-fiction, which I don’t, because I usually read to escape the drudgery of real life. Sinister Sisterhood is a combination of that escapism and the reality of animal exploitation, trophy hunting and trafficking.

All the characters are larger than life. Elle Scarlett, formerly known as Angel to her devoted boyfriend David, Bessie, owner of a chain of hotels worldwide, Chloe, cleaner extraordinaire, who can remove everything from bodies to bloodstains, ex-police officer Penelope, and Delilah, whose animal skin thongs are creating a stir, to name but a few. Then there is Iqbal, an entrepreneur of sorts, but rarely if ever, on the right side of the law.

But when David finds romance elsewhere and a successful career as a TV presenter, Elle must re-evaluate her life plan. It’s only when she travels to India to stay with her Auntie Pat at her tiger reserve, that she becomes committed to saving endangered species. But she needs money and a team of dedicated women to help her track down the worst trophy hunters in the world.

Add to this a plot by an unknown mastermind to bring illegal animal products onto the black market and we have the makings of an exciting, if crazy, ride from Russia and Azerbaijan, to India and China on the other side of the world. Jane Badrock is one of my favourite authors and Sinister Sisterhood did not disappoint.

Many thanks to The Pigeonhole, the author and my fellow Pigeons for making this such an enjoyable read. 

About the Author

Jane writes novels, short stories and poems, usually with a good dose of humour in them. She’s probably owes it all to her late grandmother who, she’s just found out, also wrote short stories and poems. She tends to get an idea and then run with it whether it be a 100 word short story or an 80 thousand word novel. It all depends on the voices in her head at the time…

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