Donna Hill Getting Hers

Getting Hers

Donna Hill

St. Martin's, May 2006, $13.95

ISBN: 0312307284

The three beautiful women left the GYN office at about the same time. They entered the elevator together, but on the way down a blackout occur, trapping them inside. To pass the hours away, the trio of strangers, Nikki Perez, Kim Sheppard-Benning and Tess McDonald begin talking about the male rodents in their lives.

Latino Nikki went to jail for a crime her boyfriend committed; wealthy WASP Kim's spouse blackmails her with exposing a secret that would destroy her business empire Sheppard-Benning Enterprises; African-American :Madam X" Tess ran the biggest classiest hooker facility on the east coast until she was betrayed and is now on the lam. The threesome discusses vengeance and retribution as only a scorned woman to the third power can.

Though a bit over the top, this female tale that combines Throw Momma from the Train and How to Murder Your Wife remains anchored due to the vulnerability of the stars especially when it comes to the men who betrayed them. Nikki, Kim, and Tess are different on the surface, but inside they share so much in common. The retribution pact is carried off nicely as the audience obtains a fun thriller wondering in spite of the opening segue at the funeral of Kim's husband they really did it or is that a dream?

Harriet Klausner