This author’s books are so imaginative and captivating. I truly liked Reconstructing Amelia and Where They Found Her and her latest is absolutely no exception. Buckle up for a thrilling ride!
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About The Book:
Lizzie Kitsakis is working late when she gets the call. Grueling hours are standard at elite law firms like Young & Crane, but they’d be easier to swallow if Lizzie was there voluntarily. Until recently, she’d been a happily underpaid federal prosecutor. That job and her brilliant, devoted husband Sam—she had everything she’d ever wanted. And then, suddenly, it all fell apart.
No. That’s a lie. It wasn’t sudden, was it? Long ago the cracks in Lizzie’s marriage had started to show. She was just good at averting her eyes.
The last thing Lizzie needs right now is a call from an inmate at Rikers asking for help—even if Zach Grayson is an old friend. But Zach is desperate: his wife, Amanda, has been found dead at the bottom of the stairs in their Brooklyn brownstone. And Zach’s the primary suspect.
As Lizzie is drawn into the dark heart of idyllic Park Slope, she learns that Zach and Amanda weren’t what they seemed—and that their friends, a close-knit group of fellow parents at the exclusive Brooklyn Country Day school, might be protecting troubling secrets of their own. In the end, she’s left wondering not only whether her own marriage can be saved, but what it means to have a good marriage in the first place.
My Thoughts:
I gave this book 4/5 stars
This book is absolutely everything I look for in a psychological thriller!
There are unreliable narrators, twisted narcissistic characters, and you never know who is telling the truth and if their hiding of the truth is to protect themselves or for more sinister reasons.
I liked the character of Lizzie and really felt for her throughout the book. She’s in a tough place with her husband and having to deny her own dreams due to his poor choices. The Park Slope setting with the school parents and the different friendships is like being a voyeur into an elite life–again, we never know who is telling the truth about anything, which is what makes this book so compulsively readable. Not to mention that the murder takes place after a “key party”!
I have really liked the books I’ve read by this author and they continue to get better and better with each one.
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