First published 2016
Newport Cove has flower-named streets, spontaneous block parties on warm evenings, and a spot on the list of America's twenty safest neighborhoods. It also has Kellie Scott, who just went back to work after ten years at home and is trying to manage heels, dinner, and the unwanted pull she feels toward a married coworker. It has Susan Barrett, who wakes up every morning and makes the same promises to herself about carbs, sleep, and not checking her ex-husband's social media. It has Gigi Kennedy, whose husband is running for Congress and whose teenage daughter has become a stranger, which means old secrets are suddenly very exposed. Then the Campbells move in. Tessa is friendly at the mailbox and pleasant at the curb, but nobody ever gets inside her house. No one is invited. Not once. The other women notice. They compare notes. And the more they look at Tessa, the more they realize her secret is bigger than any of their own.
Genres: fiction, domestic-fiction, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, mystery-thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, character-driven, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, mystery-unraveling, secrets-and-lies, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Newport Cove
339 pages · Paperback · Atria Books