Talk about how each of the characters experience trauma and how it informs their actions and behaviors. Trauma and recovery are important themes in the book. Do you think she should be held accountable for her actions in the story? In what ways is she the hero of her own story?Ģ. Discuss Sadie’s role as a victim in the novel. Kubica ably molds Sadie into a (very) complicated woman with simmering secrets as usual, she…can turn almost any location into a swirling cesspool of creepy possibility.… A page-turner.ġ. Dist., ILĪ fresh start for a doctor and her family becomes a living nightmare…. What is satisfying is the oppressive sense of unease that permeates this intense psychological suspense drama. mesmerizing tale…, but the story is wrapped up a bit too neatly. Hopefully, this is a temporary slump for the talented Kubica. Red herrings litter the multiple narratives, adding too much weight to an already overloaded plot, and a soapy twist disappoints. She lives outside of Chicago with her husband and two children and enjoys photography, gardening and caring for the animals at a local shelter. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in History and American Literature. Mary Kubica is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of THE GOOD GIRL and PRETTY BABY. Baines, the more she begins to realize just how much she has to lose if the truth ever comes to light. But Sadie must be careful, for the more she discovers about Mrs.

And it’s the troubling past that continues to wear at the seams of their family.Īs the eyes of suspicion turn toward the new family in town, Sadie is drawn deeper into the mystery of Morgan’s death. It’s Will’s disturbed teenage niece Imogen, with her dark and threatening presence. It’s their eerie old home, with its decrepit decor and creepy attic, which they inherited from Will’s sister after she died unexpectedly. The murder rocks their tiny coastal island, but no one is more shaken than Sadie, who is terrified by the thought of a killer in her very own backyard.īut it’s not just Morgan’s death that has Sadie on edge.

Sadie and Will Foust have only just moved their family from bustling Chicago to small-town Maine when their neighbor, Morgan Baines, is found dead in her home. is the twisty new psychological thriller from Mary Kubica, the blockbuster bestselling author of The Good Girl. Hypnotic and addictive and perfect for fans of You, The Other Mrs.

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