by Sandie Jones
First published 2020
Alice has built what seems like an ideal life with her second husband Nathan. Their business thrives, her two children are happy, and their house provides the comfort she never expected to find again after her first husband died. When Nathan begins behaving oddly, Alice naturally turns to Beth, the friend who has stood by her through celebrations and tragedies alike. Beth has always been her anchor, the person Alice trusts without question to help her navigate whatever storms arise. But as Alice seeks Beth's guidance about Nathan's strange behavior, she discovers that her faith in her closest friend may have been a dangerous miscalculation. The people she has depended on most begin to reveal sides of themselves that Alice never suspected existed. Her carefully constructed world starts to fracture as she realizes that the relationships she believed were unshakeable may have been built on deception from the very beginning.
Genres: domestic-fiction, mystery, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, unreliable-narrator
559 pages · Hardcover · Thorndike Press Large Print
Content warnings: emotional-abuse