This is one of the Amazon Original short stories, Obsession Collection. I guess I liked this, it kept my interest (for all the 50+ pages) but reflecting back upon it, ehhhh. I'm a little more judgmental with books that are supposed to be realistic (not paranormal, sci-fi, fantasy) and thinking about this ... really? Even with suspension of disbelief ... any real discussion would include spoilers. 

This starts with the common "prologue" which is actually a scene from further in the story, then "two hours earlier" ... and we build to it. But it's already a spoiler, because we know what's going to happen. Here, we don't fully understand it, and you don't know who "he" is, or any additional background, so it is effective at "catching" the reader right away, although I'm still not a fan of the technique.

Overall, I didn't have a huge issue with the basic premise ... SPOILERS ...

a woman in a seemingly perfect relationship, actually being abused, can't get out, friend finds out and will help ... but then really, we have FIVE women who are all in on it, willing to take on the responsibility/guilt of taking a life, not one of the cracking or suffering or having second thoughts? Even with just two individuals, so much could go wrong, and here we have multiple women plotting and planning. And of course the bad husband just happens to have a life-threatening nut allergy, and he just happens to not keep his epi-pen with him, and even though he's super careful (as nuts could kill him) every house along the progressive dinner is able to incorporate nuts with no questions/suspicions. So, as it recapped and wrapped up, I actually liked it less than when I'd been in the middle of it.

 

The Kindle and Audio are included in Prime Reading (and KindleUnlimited, which I don't have presently). I went with the audio and liked the different narrators for each woman. I understand the whole progressive dinner idea, and using the addresses as the chapter headings supports that, but having the woman hosting be the heading would have been more helpful (it was there in the chapter heading in the book, but not in the Table of Contents, to see at a quick glance).

1st person/present tense - the POV shifts showcasing each woman involved as they host the progressive dinner. The "People Like Them" phrase of the title was used effectively in the book. The cover image is representative of the story. Just shy of 90minutes. Very short, as these collections always are.  A decent little palate cleanser between other books. No proFanity, some implied sexuality, but quite clean.