First published 2022
Marissa Bishop sits across from Avery Chambers and confesses her affair. The admission should mark the beginning of healing for Marissa and her husband Matthew, wealthy Washington suburbanites whose perfect facade masks years of emotional distance and professional obsession. Their eight-year-old son deserves parents who can make their marriage work. Avery lost her therapy license but continues treating clients in crisis using her own unconventional rules. The Bishops need help badly enough to accept her terms. As sessions progress, Marissa's infidelity becomes the least dangerous secret in the room. Matthew harbors truths that could destroy more than their marriage. Avery's past connects to their present in ways none of them anticipated. The three become locked in a psychological game where survival depends on who reveals what first. What started as marriage counseling transforms into something far more sinister.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Washington
329 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: mental-illness