First published 2018
Isabelle Heatherington arrives in Pleasant Court without a husband or children. The quiet suburb prides itself on neighborly bonds and kids playing safely in the streets. Three local mothers fixate on this newcomer who disrupts their vision of family perfection. Ange needs to control everything around her for reasons she won't admit. Fran keeps her gentle husband away from their newborn baby. Essie carries the weight of returning from the park three years ago without her daughter. As these women watch Isabelle more closely, their own buried truths start to surface. Their surveillance reveals things they never wanted to confront about themselves and each other.
Genres: domestic-fiction, suspense, mystery, contemporary, psychological-thriller, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: surveillance, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Pleasant Court
335 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness