Book Club Sample Questions
The Cry Beyond The Door
1. How did you feel about the main character chapters being written in first person, while other character chapters were written in third person?
2. Which characters did you enjoy the most in this book?
3. Were you concerned that Darla Kelly might have a mental illness other than post traumatic stress disorder?
4. What do you think of the relationship between Dar and Shawn?
5. What was your favorite scene in the book?
6. Why do you think Dar felt she had to find answers on her own?
7. At what point in the book did you first have a suspect for Jack's attacker in the alley?
8. What was your favorite villain characteristic?
9. What, if anything, surprised you in the story?
10. How did you feel about the ending?
Shards of Trust
1. How did the title reflect events in the book?
2. Who is your favorite character and why?
3. Which character could you relate to the best and why?
4. How did you feel about Darla's inner struggles and her attempts, or lack of, to resolve them?
5. Was there any character that you loved to hate? Or an opinion of a character that changed as the story progressed?
6. How important was the setting to the story?
7. Why do you think the author chose to start the story where she did? Where else could she have started it?
8. Was there any part of the story that surprised you? If so, what was it?
9. What was your favorite part of the story and why?
10. Since this was a short thriller, would you have liked it to be longer? If so, what would you have liked to seen more of in the novel?
1. How did you feel about the main character chapters being written in first person, while other character chapters were written in third person?
2. Which characters did you enjoy the most in this book?
3. Were you concerned that Darla Kelly might have a mental illness other than post traumatic stress disorder?
4. What do you think of the relationship between Dar and Shawn?
5. What was your favorite scene in the book?
6. Why do you think Dar felt she had to find answers on her own?
7. At what point in the book did you first have a suspect for Jack's attacker in the alley?
8. What was your favorite villain characteristic?
9. What, if anything, surprised you in the story?
10. How did you feel about the ending?
Shards of Trust
1. How did the title reflect events in the book?
2. Who is your favorite character and why?
3. Which character could you relate to the best and why?
4. How did you feel about Darla's inner struggles and her attempts, or lack of, to resolve them?
5. Was there any character that you loved to hate? Or an opinion of a character that changed as the story progressed?
6. How important was the setting to the story?
7. Why do you think the author chose to start the story where she did? Where else could she have started it?
8. Was there any part of the story that surprised you? If so, what was it?
9. What was your favorite part of the story and why?
10. Since this was a short thriller, would you have liked it to be longer? If so, what would you have liked to seen more of in the novel?