Midlife Crisis by Belinda Bennett

[close] Give the menopause the heave-ho with a triumph over horrid hormones. A thriller with a humorous twist!

Middle-age doesn’t suit Sammy-Jo Jacobs. In fact, it’s her worst nightmare come true. And she can’t cope. Trapped in a loveless marriage, her life spirals out of control as she struggles with the effects of the menopause. After suffering a panic attack in an up-market London boutique, she is devastated to find herself on the wrong side of the law.

With separate beds and almost separate lives, the Jacobs are on a collision course beyond anyone’s control.

Early one morning, a random decision to hop on a bus brings her face-to-face with an old friend. As trouble at home takes a dangerous turn for the worse, she’s happy to have a shoulder to cry on.

But, as renegade hormones play tricks on her mind as well as her body, is everything exactly how it seems?

Written by a woman whose first hot flush took her by such surprise an ambulance was called. You've got to hate hormones, haven't you