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Snoop
If every journey of the snooping wife begins with a single step, Julia Baxby takes a giant leap when she uncovers a hidden stash of sex toys in her husband’s office. How long has this been going on? Did Stephen move their family to London just to be closer to his mistress? And really, how many of these things does one man need?
Heartbroken, Julia realizes that there’s not enough chocolate in the world to handle this on her own. So she enlists the help of her two closest friends, Catherine the alluring forensic entomologist (corpses, flies,) and François the irrepressible Frenchman and together they embark on a hilarious quest filled with a motley cast of characters, a shape-shifting mother and a whacked-out plan for revenge.
What happens next is even stranger than anything Julia could have imagined, forcing her to confront the astounding truth and its life-changing consequences.
Snoop is a laugh-out-loud romp chronicling one woman’s misadventures as she careens into the reality behind her husband’s double life.
Heartbroken, Julia realizes that there’s not enough chocolate in the world to handle this on her own. So she enlists the help of her two closest friends, Catherine the alluring forensic entomologist (corpses, flies,) and François the irrepressible Frenchman and together they embark on a hilarious quest filled with a motley cast of characters, a shape-shifting mother and a whacked-out plan for revenge.
What happens next is even stranger than anything Julia could have imagined, forcing her to confront the astounding truth and its life-changing consequences.
Snoop is a laugh-out-loud romp chronicling one woman’s misadventures as she careens into the reality behind her husband’s double life.
246 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 29, 2013
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About the author
Susan E. Paul
2 books15 followersIt was a rainy day when Susan Paul was born on April Fool's Day in Montreal, Canada. Things got better as she spent an idyllic childhood running around until the streetlights came on. At some point, she thought that practicing law was a good idea.
She was wrong.
Luckily, her husband very kindly offered to take her away from it all by moving them first to Europe and then to Singapore. The Afterlife Coach is her second novel and most days she can be found chained to her desk working on her third one. She currently lives with her family and their anarchist dog in Singapore.
She was wrong.
Luckily, her husband very kindly offered to take her away from it all by moving them first to Europe and then to Singapore. The Afterlife Coach is her second novel and most days she can be found chained to her desk working on her third one. She currently lives with her family and their anarchist dog in Singapore.
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April 3, 2016
This book was such a cool contrast to some crime book I read before I read this one. I laughed out loud! It's perfect for grabbing your cuppa, cozying inside and relax reading this book.
January 1, 2014
What a great read! Light and funny, Snoop follows the adventures and misfortunes of Julia, who upon moving to London, finds a stash of vibrators in her husband's desk drawer. She decides to, aided by her quirky friends, make her husband, Stephen, pay for being unfaithful. Laugh-out-loud book, thoroughly enjoyed it, and planning on suggesting it for my next book club book!
January 1, 2014
good book. quite funny. enjoyed the read. dont usually read books like this, but made an exception.
February 3, 2018
This is that rarest of things, a genuinely funny book. Ms Paul has a deftness of touch with her dialogue that means you genuinely laugh out loud - a very rare thing, in my experience. Whilst the situation that Julia and Stephen find themselves in is extreme it dealt with in such a way that it fells entirely believable and completely snigger-worthy (even it did make me think about Nana's knitting a certain brand of cereal).
I raced through the book because the timing of the plot is exceptionally good and one that a good few famous authors could take lessons from. Julia and Stephen have moved from their native California to London and Julia is feeling a little out on a limb. No longer working and with her daughter growing up and at school she has time on her hands and worries about the state of her marriage. So she does what any woman in that situation she snoops but when she breaks in to her husband's desk drawer all bets are off.
A tale of misunderstandings and dastardly business practices that hooks you from the outset. With cameo appearences by her newly Jewish mother, her best friend Caroline who can only be described as "ballsy" and the delectable Francois you find yourself wanting Julia's life - even if it is a little bizarre. The scene setting is spot on and the characters are well developed and fully fleshed, if a little outlandish - nobody here is a simpering wallflower.
A great read that will lift you out of the doldrums.
I raced through the book because the timing of the plot is exceptionally good and one that a good few famous authors could take lessons from. Julia and Stephen have moved from their native California to London and Julia is feeling a little out on a limb. No longer working and with her daughter growing up and at school she has time on her hands and worries about the state of her marriage. So she does what any woman in that situation she snoops but when she breaks in to her husband's desk drawer all bets are off.
A tale of misunderstandings and dastardly business practices that hooks you from the outset. With cameo appearences by her newly Jewish mother, her best friend Caroline who can only be described as "ballsy" and the delectable Francois you find yourself wanting Julia's life - even if it is a little bizarre. The scene setting is spot on and the characters are well developed and fully fleshed, if a little outlandish - nobody here is a simpering wallflower.
A great read that will lift you out of the doldrums.
December 4, 2017
A dud. I was so excited to get this book and the premise was right up my alley. I think altogether the book should have been about 5 pages long. Too much fluff and no real evidence that the information in correct.
January 20, 2014
GOODREADS FIRST READS:
WARNING: do not read this book in public places because you will be laughing so loud people will think you're insane and lock you up in an asylum for life!
This book is fantastic I mean I JUST COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. Seriously: I'm having exams right now and I told myself only to read ONE CHAPTER before I went to bed. Since I have finished this book in only three days you can say I failt doing so. Really this book is just DANGEROUS: I almost died out of pure fatigue reading till 2 and having to wake up at 7. Luckily this book was also DANGEROUSLY GOOD. So if I had died, it would have been a sweet death.
WARNING: do not read this book in public places because you will be laughing so loud people will think you're insane and lock you up in an asylum for life!
This book is fantastic I mean I JUST COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. Seriously: I'm having exams right now and I told myself only to read ONE CHAPTER before I went to bed. Since I have finished this book in only three days you can say I failt doing so. Really this book is just DANGEROUS: I almost died out of pure fatigue reading till 2 and having to wake up at 7. Luckily this book was also DANGEROUSLY GOOD. So if I had died, it would have been a sweet death.
December 15, 2015
Note: I won the book in the giveaways' section in good reads. So, thank you very much for this opportunity, and thank you Susan for the bookmark you joined :)
Wow, this is definitly something new to read, not boring, with the mixture of hate in the begining, the will to know what's going to happen later, and yes you got me at the end, I was not expecting this at all, and I must not forget the funny moments. So this is a very nice book, I really like it.
Wow, this is definitly something new to read, not boring, with the mixture of hate in the begining, the will to know what's going to happen later, and yes you got me at the end, I was not expecting this at all, and I must not forget the funny moments. So this is a very nice book, I really like it.
March 4, 2014
I was the lucky winner of this book in a Goodreads First Reads giveaway.
Wow, such a fun and hilarious read. I really enjoyed reading about Julia and her misadventures, and how she's dealing with thought that her husband living a double life. Now I can't wait for the next book from Susan E. Paul.
Wow, such a fun and hilarious read. I really enjoyed reading about Julia and her misadventures, and how she's dealing with thought that her husband living a double life. Now I can't wait for the next book from Susan E. Paul.
July 25, 2014
I received this book free of charge in exchange for a fair review. Thank you!
This book was really a great quick read. The story line flowed effortlessly, and it definitely had some laugh out loud moments.
This book was really a great quick read. The story line flowed effortlessly, and it definitely had some laugh out loud moments.
March 23, 2015
This was a pretty good book, funny and well a little crazy!
September 24, 2015
Just ok. Predictable. Things that were supposed to be shocking were not.
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