by Rich Cohen
First published 2025
Jennifer Dulos drives her children to the New Canaan Country School on what seems like an ordinary morning. She never returns home. Her body is never recovered. Jennifer finds herself trapped in Connecticut's most bitter divorce battle while trying to protect her five children from a marriage that has turned toxic. Her husband and his girlfriend become the prime suspects as investigators piece together the events leading to her disappearance. The case exposes the dark currents flowing beneath New Canaan's polished surface, where wealth and social connections cannot shield the Dulos family from scandal. Jennifer's story reveals how a relationship that began at Brown University and produced what looked like a perfect family could spiral into violence and tragedy that captivates the entire nation.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: dark-secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New Canaan, Connecticut
Period: 21st-century
353 pages · Kindle Edition · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Content warnings: domestic-violence, violence