The Change by Kirsten Miller.

 genre: contemporary mystery

In the sleepy seaside village of Mattauk, something strange is happening.  Harriett, the woman who was a director at an advertising firm?  She's apparently either missing or has lost her mind because her once perfectly manicured yard is looking more like a jungle.  Jo, former hotel executive?  The way her body has been changing makes her feel a kind of rage that needs a focus.  And Nessa?  Well, Nessa's special.  Because she's got a gift that is only now coming into fruition - and it's the kind of gift that reminds Nessa of how dangerous it is to be a young woman.

Okay, I had NO idea where this book was going to go.  I can't even remember what list I found it on that made me want to try it.  But from the beginning, I was intrigued.  There is evidence of a murder.  But then you find out about more murders.  And in this world of crazy wealth and old boy's clubs, these three women are about to tap into the kind of power they can't even imagine to stop it. As a perimenopausal woman myself, I loved these ladies.  The friendship they create and the way their different strengths played out struck me in a believable way.  There is a lot going on here between the three main characters's own stories plus the story they are in together, but it worked for me.  It's violent sometimes in a startling way - and also startling is that in this story of women-taking-back-their-power, we as readers are just supposed to roll with it, which I mostly did.  I liked the witchy vibe. I liked the female strength vibe.  I definitely liked it.